 Tanzania's president, Samir Saluhu Hassan, has appeared for the first time at a public event in the East African nation, wearing a face mask. Her predecessor, John Maga Fully, who died in match, had always refused to wear one and was considered a coronavirus sceptic. Samir has worn face masks outside of Tanzania, most notably this week, on her two-day state visit to neighbouring Kenya. At the event in Darisa Lam on Friday, she was addressing an audience of more than 800 elders from across the country. During her visit to Kenya, she made a light-hearted comment about wearing masks, comparing it to a herder mustling a goat to stop it from eating its crops.