The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday called on Tanzania to take measures to protect its own citizens but also the people of countries visited by Tanzanians from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Many Tanzanians travelling to neighbouring countries and beyond have tested positive for Covid-19. This shows the need for Tanzania to take robust measures to protect both its own people and people in these countries and elsewhere,” says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement. In his statement, the WHO chief expressed his condolences to Tanzania following the deaths during the week of two senior government officials, including the first vice-president of the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar Seif Sharif Hamad.