Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister for Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for Tourism, French people living abroad and La Francophonie, will visit Tunisia on Thursday and Friday to welcome French aid to health and start vaccinating French citizens in Tunisia.
as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaise
54 kilos of oxygen distributed in three containers, enough to help Covid patients in a ventilator for a few days. This is the donation that France gave on Thursday to Tunisia, which has been very oxygen deficient for several months. The current need is 240,000 liters per day and the country does not produce even half of that, according to Patrick Deneux, CEO of Air Liquide Tunisia. He arrived at the port of Radès on Thursday to accompany the French delegation to receive oxygen.
“Without contributions from these containers, the situation would unfortunately be catastrophic,” he comments.
And this donation is in addition to three units of medical oxygen to produce oxygen for fifteen years, given during Prime Minister Jean Castex’s visit in early June. They allow for more lasting support, according to Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, State Secretary for European Affairs and Foreign Minister: “In addition to crisis preparedness, there is also a long-term response that will strengthen the country’s autonomy in its oxygen production. “
Another contribution, more than one million doses of vaccine distributed between Janssen and AstraZeneca to support the vaccination campaign in the country. France will also, as in India, vaccinate its French citizens on Friday with another 14,000 doses. “It is this idea that we have that even if you are a Frenchman established far from the motherland, the state follows you,” he explains.
And for Tunisia, the country should have nearly five million vaccines available by mid-August, a way to reverse the upward curve of Covid-related pollutants, according to authorities.
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