DODOMA, June 3 -- TANZANIA has urged East African countries to strengthen regional cooperation and emergency preparedness in response to the ongoing ebola outbreak in parts of East and Central Africa, warning that infectious diseases continue to pose a cross-border threat that requires collective action.

The call was made on in Dodoma by the Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Florence Samizi, who represented the Minister for Health, Mohamed Mchengerwa, during the Eighth Emergency Sectoral Meeting of EAC Ministers of Health, held virtually.

Dr Samizi said Tanzania stands in solidarity with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, which are currently managing Ebola outbreaks, and commended the rapid response measures being taken by ...