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The African Development Bank, AfDB, Wednesday said it has lent Tunisia €60 million to back the North African country’s economic recovery plan and social inclusion, Webdo Tunis reports. The credit line, according of the bank, will support the dynamics of economic recovery by improving the investment climate, preserving employment and promoting social inclusion through new […]
Morocco, at the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, will send emergency medical assistance to Tunisia, following the worsening of the epidemiological situation in the sisterly Maghreban country. Due to a sharp increase in contamination cases and deaths linked to Covid-19 in Tunisia, King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions for sending emergency medical […]
Tunisia is set to receive over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to ramp up the vaccination campaign following pledges by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, one day after the UAE pledged half a million doses. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia made the pledge through its envoy to the North African country, Abdelaziz Ben Ali Sakr who […]
The UAE has vowed to send this Monday 500,000 doses of the covid-19 vaccine to Tunisia as part of efforts to back the North African country’s vaccination campaign against the pandemic that has collapsed the health system. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and deputy supreme leader of the Gulf country’s armed forces, Mohamed bin Zayed Al […]
Tunisia’s health system “has collapsed” due to the surge in coronavirus cases, thus health ministry described the dire situation in his country. The pandemic has had a “disastrous” impact on the country, the spokesperson for the health ministry Nissaf Ben Alya said as hospitals are submerged by Covid-19 patients and morgues hit maximum capacity. Abhorrent […]
Tunisia Thursday imposed a ban on all movements between various governorates of the country until end of the current month as part of efforts to curtail surge in COVID-19 contaminations. The decision does not apply for students taking their exams, some emergency cases and the transportation of food stock and medical supply, Webdo Tunis reports. […]
The Tunisian Defense ministry has brushed aside social media news that a medical military team has discovered a remedy or vaccine against Covid-19 pandemic, Business News reports. The ministry in a statement issued Wednesday denied reports on social media that one of its teams has established a treatment or a vaccine for the pandemic. The […]
“We are at war! We have lost the fight because of a set of measures but we will win the war!” Kais Saied told the army and police top brass. Tunisia has imposed a partial lockdown and a nationwide night curfew for two weeks with the aim of curbing the spike in cases and deaths […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied Thursday distanced himself from the government’s decision to decree a nationwide curfew for two weeks in view of curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Hichem Mechichi-led government and the scientific committee overseeing the pandemic decided early this week a set of measures including a two-week night curfew starting from July […]
Tunisia Tuesday announced nationwide curfew from 8pm to 5am local time from July 1st as part of the efforts to stem the continuing spread of the covid-19 disease, as the World Health Organization (WHO) sounds the alarms over the pandemic situation in the North African country. Tunisia, which at one time appeared to control the […]