U.S. TO EVACUATE IT’S CITIZENS FROM TANZANIA

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.