Coronavirus: Tanzania

We hear from our reporter in Dar es Salaam about major changes in the country's approach to the Covid-19 pandemic. The new Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is to set up a taskforce of experts to advise the government in a significant departure to the approach of late President Magufuli.

Dr Isaac Bogoch is an infectious diseases physician and scientist from the University of Toronto. He joins us to discuss the latest lines on the global pandemic and answers questions from the audience.

And we learn about the BBC’s audience event Crossing Divides that this year has brought together people in Lebanon to exchange views on issues they feel passionately about. Participants explain why they wanted to have conversations about whether young people can make a greater contribution to the future of Lebanon by staying in the country. They were trying out a “deep listening” method and explain how it helped them to understand someone else’s point of view.

Picture: Tanzania"s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes oath of office following the death of her predecessor John Pombe Magufuli at State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (March 19, 2021). Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo