All EAC Meetings suspended due to novel Coronavirus Pandemic
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th March, 2020: The East African Community has suspended with immediate effect all meetings due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
In a letter to EAC Partner States Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries dated 16th March, 2020, EAC Secretary General Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko says that the Community had noted with concern that the virus continues to spread across the entire globe with increasing speed to a number of African countries.
Amb. Mfumukeko’s letter was written in response to a request by Hon. Vincent Biruta, the Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, who in a letter to the Secretary General dated 12th March, 2020, asked the Secretariat to do three things: To postpone the 21st EAC Summit until further notice; To hold all scheduled meetings by Videoconference, where possible, and; To postpone and suspend all other meetings and activities that require large gatherings.
