In Tunisia, 30,000 doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V were received on Tuesday, March 9, to enable 15,000 people to be vaccinated. Vaccination centers have been opened in all 24 regions of the country.
as reported from Tunis Michel Picard
It was during the dome of the sports palace El-Menzah in Tunis that the first doses were administered, a month late.
On the front lines, Meherzia Hammami, nurse: “I vaccinated. The recall in 21 days. “The people who have been vaccinated today, she explains, are people from paramedical and medical public health: doctors, nurses, technicians …” The operation takes place simultaneously in the 24 regions of the country.
These 30,000 vaccines will soon run out, but authorities are announcing the arrival in the coming weeks of 500,000 new Russian doses, 193,000 Pfizer, 137,000 AstraZeneca and even 200,000 Chinese doses of Sinovac.
Registrations are made by phone or internet. “The entire population has usually benefited from a registration site. And when the parties arrive, we receive an SMS to announce the date of vaccination for each individual case, ”explains Dr. Kamel Ayed, Regional Secretary for the Red Crescent.
So far, less than 5% of the population is registered on the Evax platform. Doctor Jalila Ben Khalil from the country’s most important Covid intensive care unit received his dose. As a member of the Pandemic Committee, she especially hopes that these vaccines will give a fresh start in this country in crisis: “It gives a lot of hope so that we can get out of it, especially financially. “
The health minister says three million people or a quarter of the population will be vaccinated by the end of June.
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