Tanzanian politician s death of COVID-19 hints at concealed epidemic
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Zanzibar Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad dies
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Zanzibar s First Vice President Dies of COVID-19
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Zanzibar’s First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, who had been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in hospital, has died, the government announced Wednesday.
Husein Mwinyi, the president of the semi-autonomous island region of Tanzania, East Africa, announced seven days of mourning with the flag flown at half-staff.
He said he had learned “with great sadness [of] the death of Seif Sharif Hamad.”
The cause of death has not been made public, but on Jan. 31 Hamad was hospitalized in the archipelago after testing positive for coronavirus.
John Magufuli, Tanzania’s president, sent messages of condolence to Mwinyi and the people of Zanzibar on the untimely death of the leading opposition figure, who was also the chairman of the Alliance for Change and Transparency party (ACT-Wazalendo).