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Entry and Exit Requirements for Tanzania. Are there COVID-related entry requirements for U.S. citizens? Yes All travelers entering or transiting mainland Tanzania or Zanzibar are advised to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Location: Tanzania. Event: Change in Entry Requirements Due to COVID-19. The Government of Tanzania changed its entry requirements due to COVID-19 effective May 4, 2021. All travelers are required to present a negative COVID-19 test certificate upon arrival.
Dar es Salaam – The Tanzanian government opened a new chapter in the fight against COVID-19 today with the launch of the Initiative for Global Vaccine Access (Global VAX), a $25 million initiative to turn COVID-19 vaccines in vials into vaccinations in arms.
Travelers to Tanzania may obtain entry visas at select ports of entry. At present, visas are issued at Dar es Salaam International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Zanzibar Airport, and the Tanzania-Kenya border post at Namanga. The usual fee is US$100 for regular passport holders.
As of February 24, 2022, over seven percent of eligible Tanzanians are fully vaccinated. This new investment aims to rapidly accelerate vaccination rates, helping the Government of Tanzania reach its goal of 60 percent of the eligible populations vaccinated by the end of June 2022.
The additional $25 million in support builds on more than $42.1 million that the U.S. government through USAID, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Defense, and Peace Corps has provided in Tanzania to respond to COVID-19.
Tanzania accepted delivery of over 1.6 million Pfizer BioNTech vaccines donated by the government of the United States through the global COVAX vaccine sharing initiative.
The 2022-2023 survey found that one in five people living with HIV in the country are still unaware of their status and more than 330,000 people living with HIV did not have their virus under control. The recent THIS survey was conducted between November 2022 and March 2023.
The Government of Tanzania has implemented enhanced screening and quarantine measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Travelers should be prepared for unexpected travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice.
Another important health initiative is our cooperation in the fight against the COVID pandemic. I am proud to say that through the COVAX and GlobalVax programs, the United States has donated millions of vaccine doses and millions of dollars to Tanzania and other countries around the world to stop the spread of COVID, inform citizens of the true ...