EDITORIAL: Ebola: A few lessons for Tanzania on openness
A member of the Crisis Response Unit measures the temperature of a visitor at Ebola treatment centre in DRC. Tanzanian government says it has no confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Tanzania has been in the the spotlight in the past fortnight following suspicion that the deadly Ebola virus could have been the cause of a couple of deaths, claims that Dar has vehemently denied.
The deaths were reported in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam and in the northwestern part of the country. It is in the region’s best interests that indeed Tanzania is free of the disease. There is, so far, no solid evidence to suggest that there is Ebola in Tanzania. Recent history, however, has useful lessons about what not to do when faced with the danger of a highly mobile and infectious disease.
