The country had to reconsider on Friday 25 June more than 28 municipalities in several regions until 11 July in view of the seriousness of the health situation, with more than 14,000 deaths and satiety in its hospitals. The government spoke of a “critical” situation
as reported from Tunisia,Lilia blaise
Four regions had already been reconfigured in one week, but the situation is far from improving with an average of 80 deaths per day and a hospital occupancy rate of 90%. The authorities have decided on restrictions, curfews at 20.00 and containment for regions with 200 to more than 400 cases of pollution per 100,000 inhabitants.
Hichem Mechichi positive
This Friday, June 25, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi was in favor of Covid-19, even though he had already received his two doses of vaccine. He spoke to Tunisians the same day, in a video on social networks, to ensure his health and encourage vaccination, and explained that he had no serious symptoms due to the vaccine.
Slow vaccination campaign
Several factors are the cause of this increase in deaths and pollution in the country: lethargy, often observed with respect to barrier gestures, the slow vaccination campaign, which started in mid-March but still depends on the availability of vaccines and the emergence of new variants of the virus, which was discovered this week as the Indian and Brazilian variant. Out of a total of 11.7 million inhabitants, more than one million Tunisians received the first dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine and less than 500,000 received the second dose.
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