Yesterday, Sunday, August 15, 2021, began the second day of intensive vaccination operations against the Corona pandemic.
The vaccines available at vaccination centres on 15 August are Janssen and Moderna. Students enrolled on the database of the Ministry of Higher Education and students enrolled on the database of the Ministry of Education who have reached the age of 18 will be vaccinated with the “Janssen” vaccine (a single dose) As for the rest of the age groups concerned by vaccination, they will receive the Moderna vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health.
It should be mentioned that, Tunisia has about 8 million doses of vaccination against Covid 19, as of August 8, 2021, according to what revealed the advisor to the President of the Republic, Walid Hajjam.The last donation of vaccines came from Romania, with 188,000 doses, on August 9, according to the Presidency of the Republic.
For his part, the head of the steering committee of the national vaccination campaign, Hechmi Louzir, suggested that the expected participation rate on the second day of intensive vaccination will vary from 70 to 80 per cent of the total number of registered persons in the 18-39 age group on the “EVAX” system. The total number of evax registered in this age group is estimated at 1.5 million.
Note that, In a press release published yesterday, Saturday, August 14, 2021, the Ministry of Transport and Logistics announced that the transport of people convened for the open day of vaccination of August 15, 2021 will be free in public transport means.
Additional services have been put in place, including the activated use of school transport lines in all regions, which are linked to vaccination centres, according to the same source.
Recall that more than half a million people received the Corona vaccine, during the first day of the opening of intensive vaccination operations.
Trnslated by Rifi_JDD
