Yesterday morning in Tunisia, the partial lifting of the general quarantine in the country began, with activity in a number of sectors gradually restored.
Tunisians came with holders of work permits and commuting on public transportation with the beginning of the application of a targeted quarantine, allowing sectors such as nutrition, health, services, craftsmen, merchants, and self-employed to return to work.
The Tunisian government imposed a cautious plan to start lifting the quarantine, as it would not be permissible to skip half of the operating capacity in the sectors authorized to return, and the aim is to avoid the transmission of the infection with the emerging coronavirus.
Authorities have taken binding health measures such as wearing masks, sterilizing transportation, work spaces, physical spacing, and safety distances, and commuting between cities is subject to prior licenses.
Nevertheless, yesterday, there were cases of relative crowding in the metro cars in the capital and queues in front of the post offices in a number of cities, pending the receipt of financial grants to be provided by the state to the vulnerable layers affected by the effects of the epidemic.
Tunisian Minister of Health Abdellatif Al-Makki did not rule out a return to comprehensive quarantine if the results were counterproductive and the epidemiological situation worsened.
The total number of HIV infections in Tunisia was 1013 confirmed cases, while the total number of deaths reached 42 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.
- Congestion in the metro cars in the capital, and queues in front of post offices.