By Jacob Mosenda Dar es Salaam TANZANIA
The United States
Department of State has said it is working with the government of Tanzania to
organize a repatriation flight for American citizens based in Tanzania amid
Covid-19 pandemic threat across the globe.
The arrangement also involves lawful
residents of US to depart Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the United States on
Tuesday, April 21, 2020.
Speaking to The Citizen newspaper yesterday, US embassy in Tanzania press information
officer, Benjamin Ellis, said
it was part of the unprecedented efforts of the US to bring its people home
from all across the globe, including from remote locations and destinations
with strict quarantine orders and travel restrictions.
“The Department of State has no greater
priority than the safety and security of US citizens overseas. We are rising to
meet the historic challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, every day, all over
the world,” said Ellis.
He revealed that the Department of
State has repatriated, or helped to repatriate, over 64,000 US citizens from
over 100 countries so far.
“We are closely monitoring the
conditions in Tanzania, and we are working with the government of Tanzania to
organize a repatriation flight for American citizens here in Tanzania,” he
said.
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