Dar es Salaam, Sept. 22 -- THE East African Community Secretariat will conduct a training of trainers at 12 One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs) to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the region.

Border Posts are high-risk areas regarding the spread of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases from one country to another, due to the movement of people, animals and goods from one country to another.

"The region has started opening its borders and space to allow movement of travellers in the region. This involves a risk as the pandemic has not yet ended," the Deputy Secretary General Productive and Social Sectors at the EAC Secretariat, Christophe Bazivamo said in a statement issued recently.

He said, to minimize this risk, the EAC has come up with ...