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Tanzania posts ‘zero’ new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, reinstates weekly updates
Tanzania is now reporting weekly statistics on COVID-19 in compliance with World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, a major…
COVID-19: Tanzania sits on ‘idle capacity’ to detect variants
Bureaucracy hampers ability to use available resources in tackling new variants, expert The ‘largely undocumented’ progression of the…
COVID-19: President confirms cases as Tanzania enters third wave
President cites reports from regional hospital in Dar es-Salaam. No statistics revealed WHO-Africa in preliminary steps to…
Tanzania gears up for COVID-19 vaccine in weeks as third wave looms
WHO-Africa confirms government’s request is under process Data reporting doesn’t fuel panic, says Tanzanian expert Variants spreading in…
Travelling to Tanzania? Update your COVID-19 checklist
Tanzania has on Monday May 3(2021) issued a new COVID-19 travel advisory, introducing additional layers of check-ups and…
Tanzania renews alert on COVID-19 as cases surge in India
A rise in COVID-19 cases in India has prompted Tanzania’s Ministry of Health to renew its public health…
WHO: Tanzania regulators participate in key COVID-19 vaccine assessments
Regulators from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa have participated in World Health Organization’s global assessments for the…
2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa
Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa,…
COVID-19: Tanzania embarks on evidence-based approach
The new President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced intention to form a technical committee that would…
Will Tanzania procure COVID-19 vaccine? Local scientists still optimistic
Tanzania signalled in recent weeks that it would embark on COVID-19 vaccination plans after the Chief Medical Officer…