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Tanzania on high alert over Ebola; sticks to traditional anti-Covid measures

Ebola quarantine unit.

A health worker at an Ebola quarantine unit on June 13, 2017 in Muma, Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  DOROTHY NDALU  &  BEATRICE MATERU

Tanzania has announced that it is on high alert following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to Kigoma Regional medical officer Dr Simon Chacha, the country has strengthened testing around the borders and at its ports of entry.

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