Updates COVID-19 in Tunisia :
Tunisia reported on July 21st 2309 new coronavirus infections and 139 deaths including 48 reported on July 21st. The death toll stands now at 18, 052 while the infection tally at 558.306.
Head of the Neonatal Resuscitation Department at Tunis Military Hospital and President of the Tunisian Pediatric Association, Mohamed Douagi confirmed that 3,000 children were infected by the Coronavirus in one week. He revealed that Delta Variant is behind the quickened percentage of infection in adults as well as in children.
In the same context, Mr Douagi criticized the performance of the scientific committee in its battle against the pandemic, calling it inadequate. He called upon the committee to resign.
Health professionals refuse to cancel annual leave
The General Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and University Hospital Dentists condemned the government decision to cut annual leave in the health sector, due to the health crisis. It should be noted that PM Mechichi has called to cancel the annual health for health teams.
At least 17 migrants drown off Tunisia in shipwreck
At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, Reuters reported citing the Tunisian Red Crescent.
Charles Nicolle Hospital:Corpses piled up in the morgue with garbage ,Moncef Hamdoun explains
Belgium donates 150,000 vaccine doses for Tunisia
Belgium declared this Thursday that it has decided to dispatch medical aid to Tunisia including 150,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, resuscitation devices, multiple medical types of equipment, as well as personal protection equipment.
France to deliver 500,000 new doses of vaccine to Tunisia
President of the Republic Kais Saied today received Secretary of State at the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne at Carthage presidential palace.During the meeting, Mr Lemoyne expressed Emmanuel Macron’s solidarity with Tunisia in such a specific health situation declaring the dispatch of 500,000 new doses of vaccines, pushing the number of doses offered. to 1.1 million. In addition, medical equipment and an amount of oxygen were received today.
French donation of three containers of liquid oxygen arrives in Tunisia
A French donation of three containers of liquid oxygen has landed in Tunisia, the French Army announced in a brief statement on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
PM Mechichi calls to give priority to mobile vaccination campaigns
Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi made an inquiry visit of the vaccination campaign in Sejnan and Jomin in Bizerte, where he emphasised the necessity to accelerate the vaccination pace.
Faouzi Mehdi breaks his silence and accuses Mechichi
He pointed out that that the scientific committee has frequently called for a ban on gatherings organized by political parties and no has not hesitated to recommend general or targeted lockdown to the government in an attempt to control the pandemic.
“Following stress from Kasbah, until the eve of Eid, we eventually decided to open vaccination centres. We have coordinated with the regional directors to decide which centres can be opened. Then, throughout Monday, we communicated with the advisor to the prime minister in charge of coronavirus and advisor in charge of coordination with civil society, and we made sure that the Ministry of ‘Interior was informed via (fax and direct delivery). The Ministry of Health team communicated its concerns about the crowds and gatherings in front of the centres to government advisers and was were reassured about the steady running of the process and coordination with the Ministry of the Interior. and governors” he wrote on Facebook.
PM Hichem Mechichi receives Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
On his occasion,Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne renewed his country’s willingness to proceed with its support for Tunisia in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, declaring, in this context, the provision of 500 thousand doses of vaccines.
Severe shortage of oxygen at Medenine University Hospital , patients transferred to private clinics
He added that that the current quantity of oxygen is not enough until tomorrow morning,
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