Tunisians are heading to vaccination centers to get jabs against the novel virus, amid a spread of the pandemic in the country.
The strong turnout comes in the wake of a move by Tunisian President Kais Saied to declare August 8 as a national day for vaccination in a nationwide campaign that aims to vaccinate 1 million Tunisians.
General Ali Merabet succeeds Mohamed Trabelsi, who was appointed by former Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi days before Saied announced a presidential power grab on 25 July https://t.co/rzYFeiMnQ4
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) August 7, 2021
On Monday, the Tunisian Presidency said it received six million COVID-19 doses from friendly countries to help stem the spread of the virus.
In recent months, Tunisia suffered high infection rates amid political instability in the country.
Tunisia has confirmed 610,660 virus infections, including 20,931 deaths, according to official figures.
Tunisia on Sunday launched a Covid-19 vaccination drive for the over-40s, after receiving more than six million doses from abroad to combat surging infections https://t.co/7o2nmYGPMI
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) August 8, 2021
The Health Ministry said 3.2 million vaccine doses have been administered, of which 1.24 million people have received the two shots of the vaccine.
Tunisia received COVID-19 vaccines as assistance from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab, France, Italy, China, and the US.
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