Tunisia- Nissaf Ben Alaya:Kairouan reported 30 infections with coronavirus, including 27 local in 10 days

Speaking to Shems FM, Director of the National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases Nissaf Ben Alaya announced that as of last July 30 Kairouan has reported 30 infections with COVID-19 including 27 local and three imported

Ben Alaya acknowledged that they approved increasing the level of alertness to the high level in the region, pointing out that their goal is to conduct about 300 or 700 analyzes per day, calling on the inhabitants of the region to cooperate.

Several measures were imposed including social distancing, banning crowding and adhering to health protocols, she affirmed.

She said that Kairouan is a red region in which interventions are intensified to limit the epidemiological situation, indicating that 13 cases are in hospitals and 3 of them are in the intensive care units.