Popular Tanzanian rapper, Mwana FA has tested positive for coronavirus.
Mwana FA disclosed that he tested positive for COVID-19 on his Instagram page after undergoing test.
He, however, told his fans that he is presently doing well and has not had contact with his kids.
This is coming hours after Diamond Platnumz’s manager, Sallam Sharaf tested positive, joining the likes of Idris Elba, Tom Hanks among other celebrities.
The rapper wrote; “The responses to my COVID-19 tests have returned positive. It’s annoying. It’s NOT a mission at all. I’m 100% okay.
“I have separated myself when I returned to avoid affecting others and luckily even my kids haven’t seen me at all. They are not home.
“I just ask that we take precautions to the best of our ability to avoid getting caught and even if we are caught with them it is not a problem at all, the virus goes away on its own after only a couple of days.
“We are one of the countries that have been plagued by some of the biggest diseases in our growth, these ‘flu’ and not something to scare us. May we have peace in our hearts.”
The pandemic in the past few days has hit Africa harder as a total number of 633 confirmed cases has been recorded so far across the continent.
Cases of COVID-19 has continued to rise in countries like Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco among the 36 countries reported to have confirmed cases.