Travelers from Tunisia can no longer be admitted to the EU
Sky world news/Tunisia has been removed from the list of countries admitted to the territory of the European Union, French media reported on Wednesday October 21, 2020, citing European sources.
This new restriction, which also affects other countries, including Canada, comes in the wake of the worsening epidemiological situation in Tunisia. The number of people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tunisia has risen since the start of the pandemic last February until the date of October 19 to 44,450 cases out of a total of 307,759 screenings carried out since the start of the pandemic , indicated a press release from the Ministry of Health dated Tuesday, October 20, 2020. On October 19, 1,723 new cases were tested as carriers of the virus out of the 4,557 tests carried out. 1,020 cases are treated in hospitals, of which 166 admitted to intensive care and 95 people are placed on a ventilator.