After months of downplaying the disease, Tanzania has finally acknowledged the presence of Covid-19 in the country, and introduced new measures to prevent its spread.
The announcement comes after weeks of concerns raised by activists, the Catholic Church, the US embassy, and others who have spoken up about a deadly resurgence of Covid-19, blamed on an unlikely outbreak of pneumonia.
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The sudden deaths of several high-profile politicians, believed to be as a result of Covid-19, fueled worries that the country was in the grips of a second wave. These included the vice president of semi-autonomous Zanzibar, Seif Sharif Hamad, chief secretary John Kijazi, and the former Bank of Tanzania Governor, professor Benno Ndulu.