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Chama explains ‘missed flights’

- US President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash from the medical community on Sunday with a protocol- breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the highly- infectious, potentiall­y deadly

- New coronaviru­s. By MICHAEL MIYOBA

He was masked as he waved from inside his CHIPOLOPOL­O bulletproo­f vehicle midfielder during the Cletus short trip Chama outside says Walter he did Reed not miss military any medical flights centre as alleged near by national Washington, team which coach appeared Milutin “Micho” Sredojevic who

designed to take back the

dropped him and Obrey Chirwa for narrative allegedly on missing his improving two flights from health Tanzania. after a weekend of muddled Chama, messaging who features from for Tanzanian his doctors. giants The last-minute Simba FC said he limousine explained outing to “Micho” came with that it was Trump’s imposible doctors for satisfied him to get on a enough flight which about was his progress scheduled to for Monday suggest at the 03:00 possibilit­y hours of when his he being had discharged. a game at 16 hours on a Sunday in Dodoma.

But experts complained

Chama said the eight-hour

that the outing broke his own

distance from Dodoma to Dar es government’s Salaam made public it difficult health for him guidelines to jump requiring on the 03:00 patients hours flight. to isolate while they are in treatment He said Simba and still FC shedding had no virus – and endangered his

Secret Service protection.

Trump, who has been repeatedly rebuked for flouting public health guidelines and spreading misinforma­tion on the pandemic, said in a video that dropped on Twitter just before the appearance that he had “learned arrangemen­ts a lot about for the Covid” players by to “really travel going all the to way school” back as to he Dar has after battled the match the virus. in Dodoma.

But “I didn’t health want experts to speak took to out in the this airwaves but I feel and like social there’s media a need to to criticise do so. the “stunt,” which they “I said don’t demonstrat­ed agree with many that he Zambians had learned who nothing believe at that all.

I don’t have discipline. But I

“Every single person in the

didn’t miss any of the two flights

vehicle during that completely

that I got,” Chama said. unnecessar­y “I talked to Presidenti­al the coach before ‘drive-by’ our game just in now Dodoma has to and be quarantine­d explained to for him 14 days,” that it wasn’t said possible James for Phillips, me to chief make of it on disaster the first medicine flight that at I George got because Washington it was at 03 University. hours on Monday and He said: our game was at 16 hours on They Sunday might in get Dodoma.” sick. They may “I die. got For my second political theatre. ticket for

Tuesday and departure time

Commanded by Trump to put

was 20:45 hours and while I

their lives at risk for theatre.

was preparing for my trip, I

This was is told insanity. that I should not travel

around White House 15 hours,” spokespers­on he said. Judd He Deere however said noted “appropriat­e” that he precaution­s would remain had hundred been taken percent to patriotic protect Trump to the Zambia and his national support soccer staff, team including which he wished protective success. gear. – AFP.

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