Tanzania bans Kenya Airways as coronavirus spat escalates

Tanzania said Kenya Airways flights were being banned"on a reciprocal basis".DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania banned Kenya's national airline from entering the country effective Saturday, in the latest move in a deepening row triggered by Tanzania's controversial handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

"This letter also rescinds all previous arrangements that permit KQ flights into the United Republic of Tanzania." President John Magufuli's refusal to impose lockdowns or social distancing measures, and to halt the release of figures on infections since late April, has made him a regional outlier and caused concern among Tanzania's neighbours and the World Health Organization.

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