Tanzania to Join Covax Vaccines Sharing Facility

Dar Es Salam, Tanzania — Tanzania has asked to join the COVAX global vaccine sharing facility and start its first coronavirus immunization campaign - more than 15 months after the start of the pandemic. The new policy is a major departure from the policies of late president John Magufuli, who denied coronavirus existed in Tanzania and dismissed the vaccines as dangerous.

In a news conference Thursday, the World Health Organization's regional director in Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said Tanzania is now formally working to join the COVAX facility.

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