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(COVID-19) Tunisia reports 4 new confirmed cases in 24 hours
By: french.china.org.cn | Tags: Tunisia-COVID-19
French.china.org.cn | Updated on 04-08-2020
Tunisia reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, including three local contaminations, the health ministry revealed on Monday.
According to the same source, the global toll shows 1,565 confirmed cases, including 51 deaths, 1,225 recoveries and 289 cases still carrying the virus.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic on March 2 in Tunisia, 96,537 screening tests have been carried out, including 249 in the last 24 hours.
In light of the beginnings of a possible reappearance of the epidemic, with a wave of repatriation and that of the return of the community established abroad, the Tunisian authorities claim to tighten its preventive strategy against COVID-19.
In this sense, the general secretary of the union of ground staff of the Tunisair airline, Nejmeddine Mzoughi, called on Monday in a statement for the temporary closure of Tunis-Carthage airport (northern suburb of Tunis) for disinfection.
He also called for screening tests on airport staff, admitting that 30 employees had been infected. End
(COVID-19) Tunisia reports 4 new confirmed cases in 24 hours
By: french.china.org.cn | Tags: Tunisia-COVID-19
French.china.org.cn | Updated on 04-08-2020
Tunisia reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, including three local contaminations, the health ministry revealed on Monday.
According to the same source, the global toll shows 1,565 confirmed cases, including 51 deaths, 1,225 recoveries and 289 cases still carrying the virus.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic on March 2 in Tunisia, 96,537 screening tests have been carried out, including 249 in the last 24 hours.
In light of the beginnings of a possible reappearance of the epidemic, with a wave of repatriation and that of the return of the community established abroad, the Tunisian authorities claim to tighten its preventive strategy against COVID-19.
In this sense, the general secretary of the union of ground staff of the Tunisair airline, Nejmeddine Mzoughi, called on Monday in a statement for the temporary closure of Tunis-Carthage airport (northern suburb of Tunis) for disinfection.
He also called for screening tests on airport staff, admitting that 30 employees had been infected. End
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