President John Magufuli says people must continue to work despite the coronavirus threat
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has voted at Chamwana poling station in the capital, Dodoma.
The president voted alongside the First Lady Janeth at around 10:00 local time.
After voting the president said: "I would like to congratulate Tanzanians for seeing this important day, I see the preparations have been good, my wife and I have voted. I insist we continue in peace, because there is life beyond the election."
Tanzania's Azam TV shared a video of the president casting his vote:
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