After a run on vaccination centers: Tunisia’s health minister fired

Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi fired him without giving any specific reasons – but on Tuesday he was appalled by an opening campaign for all vaccination centers launched by Mehdi.

On Monday, Mehdi announced that on Tuesday and Wednesday all citizens over the age of 18 would be allowed access to the country’s 29 vaccination centers on the occasion of the festival of sacrifices. All those willing to vaccinate should be immunized – while stocks last. The result: There were mass crowds and sometimes property damage, and in several cases the police had to intervene. Tunisia’s stocks of corona vaccination doses are extremely scarce, not even eight percent of the population has been fully vaccinated so far.

Published: 07/21/2021, 4 minutes ago

Last updated: 21.07.2021, 3 minutes ago