Tanzanian has since banned Kenyan airlines from its airspace and maintained that it will not lift the ban unless air travellers from Tanzania are accorded the same treatment as those on the list.
Kenyan Transport Minister James Macharia told the Sunday Nation that the dispute is a health matter and his ministry would be guided by the Ministry of Health.
The Kenyan government has maintained its stand on quarantining visiting Tanzanians for 14 days, amid an escalating diplomatic dispute over the implementation of Covid-19 guidelines.
According to a government official who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, the decision was arrived at in a meeting held last week that directed ministries to concentrate on efforts to curb the spread of the deadly virus and ignore threats of and actual bans by Dar es Salaam on trade and aviation activities.
