On Tuesday, June 22nd, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said that the health situation has not yet gone out of government control, but it is very difficult in Kairouan, Beja, Zaghouan and Siliana.
In an interview with Shems FM radio, the Prime Minister stated that the number of deaths as a result of the Corona pandemic is stable, but it is high, adding that the reasons for this are due to the fact that the citizen no longer accepts the measures of physical separation, as well as what the summer period knows of occasions to meet and gather, which causes in The speed of the virus spreading.
Urgent Actions
Hichem Mechichi confirmed that it was decided to increase the number of field hospitals in Beja, Siliana and Zaghouan, saying that the number of recovery beds had been increased 4 times.
He added, “We will go to involve basic health centers in villages and rural areas in the vaccination campaign,” stressing that direct contact with citizens will be effective to vaccinate and register the largest number of Tunisians.
Mechichi: “I will not resign”
Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi stated that his resignation is not at all on the table, stressing that those who promote such news are politicians in a permanent electoral campaign, and all their hope is that they will return to the government after leaving it.
Mechichi explained that his focus is currently on saving the country’s economic, health and social situation.
