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.
In view of the health risks to citizens during the action, they could be classified as “criminal”, said Prime Minister Mechichi, according to the state news agency TAP. It was not discussed. In the meantime the action has been stopped.
Tunisia, with its around 11.5 million inhabitants, has been hit hard by the pandemic, and the country registers thousands of new corona cases every day. Around a third of all corona tests in the country are positive. More than 17,000 people have already died from or with the virus. (SDA)
Published: 07/21/2021, 4 minutes ago
Last updated: 21.07.2021, 3 minutes ago