Kenya has added Tanzania to its Covid-19 safe list of countries whose citizens are exempted from a mandatory two-week quarantine, a move seen by analysts as a tactical retreat to protect the market share of its airlines in the neighbouring country.
The decision by Kenya came in the wake of an announcement by RwandAir that it would resume three flights to Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro via Nairobi—hoping to ride on the gap caused by the ban on rival Kenyan airlines since July 31.