Tunisia-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.

He asked to give priority to mobile vaccination campaigns in villages and remote areas and the use of primary health centres and clinics in this campaign.

The PM stressed the significance of mobile teams and mobile health centres in enhancing the vaccination pace and their role in supporting the vaccination campaign, hailing the efforts of medics, paramedics, and civil society to subdue the spread of the pandemic.

Mr Mechichi was accompanied by Chair of the Local Committee for Disaster Management and Relief, Governor Mohamed Koueider, and representatives of local authorities and interdependent structures concerned.

He was notified of the progress of the work of mobile health teams, whose job started last weekend at the local centre of the delegation of Joumine, as well as at the local centre of the «October 15» high school in the delegation of Sejnan, with the purpose of vaccinating nearly 6,000 people, aged over 50 years.

The PM was informed of indicators on the progression of the general epidemiological situation in the region and the progress of the implementation of the national and local decisions.

He additionally took note of all the preventive and awareness measures taken by the Committee and the components of the civil society, to decrease the spread of the virus.