Tanzania’s U-Turn on Covid-19 Gets WHO and Africa CDC Support
- Leadership change has brought in new pandemic team and policy
- East African nation previously said it wouldn’t buy vaccines
A mural to raise awareness about coronavirus in Dar es Salaam.
Photographer: Ericky Boniphace/AFP/Getty Images
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Tanzanian leadership’s about-turn on the coronavirus received support from the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which could help the country obtain vaccines and start to catch-up with other nations on the continent.
The east African country’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, announced plans earlier this week to appoint a panel of experts to advise her on how best to curb the spread of the virus.