Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, the first vice-president of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, has died at the age of 77, a few weeks after contracting coronavirus.

He had been receiving treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has offered his condolences in a tweet.

https://twitter.com/MagufuliJP/status/1361979766409228289

A few weeks ago Mr Magufuli warned health officials against acquiring Covid-19 vaccines, saying - without giving evidence - that they could harm the population.