Nairobi — Tanzania's main opposition leader said on Thursday that President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for nearly two weeks, is in India receiving medical treatment for the virus and is in a serious condition.

Tundu Lissu, who lost 2020's election to Magufuli, cited medical and security sources in Kenya for his information that the president had been transferred from hospital in Kenya to India and was in a coma — but did not provide evidence...

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