In Tanzania, full-throttle COVID-19 denial leaves citizens without access to public health information
A man looks at his mobile phone in Tanzania, December 9, 2018. Photo by Riaz Jahanpour, for USAID Tanzania / Digital Development Communications via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. The novel coronavirus was first reported in Tanzania in mid-March 2020, but, after recording up to 509 cases and 21 deaths in late April, the nation announced its status as “coronavirus-free” in June. Since then, government has been silent on the coronavirus with a strong politic of denial and no data released to the public on infections or deaths. Today, most activities continue business-as-usual, including Tanzania's tour...
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