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Tanzanian politician's death of COVID-19 hints at concealed epidemic

Zanzibar's First Vice-President Seif Sharif Hamad died on Wednesday. [Reuters]

A senior Tanzanian politician died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, his party said, adding to concern about a hidden epidemic running rampant in a country that insists it has no local transmission of the disease.

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