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May 12, 2020: Eid material subsidy for those laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Ministry of Social Affairs is expected to disburse a grant on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr for those who have been separated from work due to the Corona crisis, according to the chief of staff of the Minister of Social Affairs, Fathi bin Amer, today Tuesday. The official said that the ministry is reviewing the list of workers who were separated from work due to the crisis imposed by the Corona epidemic, to provide benefits for their benefit in the amount of 70 dinars on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, in addition to the in-kind assistance that the regional social solidarity committees will provide to support them for needy families before Eid.
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May 12, 2020: Elyes Fakhfakh on France 24 – “We managed to control the COVID-19 epidemic in Tunisia”
In an exclusive interview with France 24, Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh discusses the management of the VID-19 pandemic in the country. He expressed confidence in the phased deconfinement that has begun but called on his fellow citizens to “remain vigilant”. The Tunisian Prime Minister, Elyes Fakhfakh, is pleased with the management of the coronavirus pandemic in his country and is cautiously optimistic, stating that the evolution of the number of cases is encouraging. “The curve for COVID-19 is quite good,” he says in an exclusive interview with France 24. No new cases of contamination have been recorded in the country “in the last two days”.
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May 16, 2020: UN-Tunisia-COVID-19: Launch of the initiative “Access to life-saving health technologies”
The United Nations Technology Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched an “Access to Vital Health Technologies Initiative” for COVID-19 as part of a coherent process to strengthen the responsiveness of developing countries to the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate access to health facilities. According to a press release from the company ‘Global Healh Strategies’, a copy of which was obtained by the TAP agency on Thursday, this initiative launched on May 12, 2020, aims to fill the gaps in basic sanitary equipment by providing industrial companies, especially start-ups in developing countries, with the necessary skills to exchange information and develop techniques and means that can be used in the fight against this pandemic.
For more information (in French), please consult the following link.
May 16, 2020: UN-Tunisia-COVID-19: Launch of the initiative “Access to life-saving health technologies”
The United Nations Technology Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched an “Access to Vital Health Technologies Initiative” for COVID-19 as part of a coherent process to strengthen the responsiveness of developing countries to the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate access to health facilities. According to a press release from the company ‘Global Healh Strategies’, a copy of which was obtained by the TAP agency on Thursday, this initiative launched on May 12, 2020, aims to fill the gaps in basic sanitary equipment by providing industrial companies, especially start-ups in developing countries, with the necessary skills to exchange information and develop techniques and means that can be used in the fight against this pandemic.
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May 16, 2020: Three new cases of COVID-19 in Tunisia (02 in Gafsa and 1 in Tunis)
Three new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded until Thursday, May 15, 2020 (2 in Gafsa and one in Tunis), out of 1339 analyses, according to the latest figures announced by the Ministry of Health. Thus, the number of people contaminated by COVID-19 has reached 1035 out of a total of 37 862 screening tests performed since the appearance of the first case COVID-19 in Tunisia last March. Tunisia also has 45 deaths according to the department: 5 in Sfax, 7 in Sousse, 5 in Ariana, 1 in Kef, 1 in Mahdia, 1 in Tataouine, 1 in Bizerte, 8 in Tunis, 5 in Medenine, 5 in La Manouba, 1 in Sidi Bouzid, 1 in Nabeul, 4 in Ben Arous.
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May 16, 2020: Study, COVID-19 as a revealing indicator of inequalities and vulnerabilities in Tunisia
Azzam Mahjoub, university professor of economics, has carried out a study for the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDS) entitled ‘Pandemic COVID-19 in Tunisia: Inequalities, Vulnerabilities to Poverty and Unemployment’. The COVID-19 pandemic has been (and will be), without a doubt, a great moment of multiple truths. However, it is clear that vulnerabilities to the pandemic, whether physical, organic, psychological or social, are different and unevenly distributed across individuals, social groups, regions and countries.
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May 17, 2020: NGOs Celebrate World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
This Sunday, May 17, 2020, humanity celebrates the World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia under the theme: ‘Let’s be in solidarity with the LGBTQI++ people who are in precarious situations because of COVID-19’ On this occasion, a group of Tunisian associations published the following press release drawing attention to the increased precariousness where many LGBTQI++ people have found themselves in Tunisia in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The member associations of the Collectif Civil pour les Libertés Individuelles, the signatory collectives, associations and organizations, recall that May 17, World Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, is a high point in advocating and promoting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQI++ people. These rights, to dignity, privacy, equality before the law, are an integral part of the arsenal of universal human rights enshrined in the Tunisian Constitution of 2014.
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May 17, 2020: Djerba reacts drastically to new case recorded
If Tunisia has so far been spared the great misfortunes of the coronavirus known in other countries of the world, it is certainly thanks to the anticipatory and drastic measures it has taken to contain the disease. The suspension of the weekly market of Houmt Souk, this Sunday, May 17, 2020, is part of these measures. Reacting to the new case of COVID-19 registered in Djerba the day before, the city council decided not to allow the weekly market of Houmt Souk to resume its activities this week, as planned. This was for fear that a second wave of the epidemic would take place on the island. All the more so as it has suffered particularly badly as it has been one of the outbreaks of contamination in Tunisia. This decision also applies, according to the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) agency, to the second-hand shop displays in Houmet Souk, Riyadh and Mellita.
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May 17, 2020: The Tunisian Scouts organization has ensured more than 22 thousand interventions in the field
The Tunisian Scouts organization, has mobilized nearly 10,223 volunteers and 1,450 coordinators to carry out 22,680 interventions in the field to support the efforts of the State in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, says a press release made public.61 Scout volunteers have been mobilized in the health containment centres and 36 others in the emergency hospital in Tunis. Scouts also carried out 1858 blood donation operations, including the distribution of medical masks at 142 public transport stations, in addition to interventions at 254 post offices by imposing order in the queues and the distribution of food parcels and meals during the month of Ramadan to the needy and refugees.
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