One of the youth from Kibera slum wearing one of the branded face masks donated through the programme by UN-Habitat. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULOOne of the youth from Kibera slum wearing one of the branded face masks donated through the programme by UN-Habitat. PHOTO | COLLINS OMULOTanzania has urged its citizens to wear face masks in a raft of precautions aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19 in the country. “You are to wear face masks whenever you are in public so as to avoid the spread of saliva from yourself to someone next to you,” a statement from the country’s Ministry of Health explained. This also follows prominent deaths of persons suspected to have contracted Covid-19, including Zanzibar vice-president Seif Sharif Hamad.

Source: Daily Nation February 22, 2021 06:56 UTC