Tunisia announced that more than 500,000 people had been vaccinated against the new coronavirus in one day, and Algeria was also preparing to accelerate the pace of the vaccination campaign. At the same time, after the number of infections increased sharply, a US official stated that the country had failed to contain the epidemic, and China has also held some officials accountable for the spread of the epidemic in some areas.
The Tunisian Ministry of Health stated that on the first day of the intensive vaccination campaign launched on the 8th, 551,000 people over the age of 40 had been vaccinated against the new crown.
Vaccination activities were carried out in 335 centers throughout Tunisia, and citizens from all regions actively cooperated and participated actively.
As part of international assistance and procurement, Tunisia officially reported that it has received more than 6 million doses of the new crown vaccine, and subsequently launched this vaccination campaign. Tunisia hopes to complete the vaccination of 50% of its 11.6 million citizens by October this year.
It should be pointed out that Tunisia has experienced a significant increase in the number of deaths due to the new crown virus in the past few months, and the previous government has also been accused of negligence in responding to the crisis, especially the slow rate of vaccination-nationwide The number of citizens vaccinated against the new crown does not exceed 1.3 million.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Tunisia has registered 20,000 deaths and 610,000 infections.
In neighbouring Algeria, according to a statement issued by the Presidential Office after the Cabinet meeting, the President of the country ordered the speed of vaccination against the new crown on the 8th, in order to achieve collective immunization as soon as possible, especially in the most severely affected by the epidemic and the most populous. In dense areas.
The statement pointed out that the goal of this vaccination campaign is to achieve at least 60% of the number of people vaccinated in the relevant regions (ie, Algiers, Oran, Setif and Constantine). The population is approximately 5.5 million, while the total population of the country is approximately 44 million.
So far, the number of people receiving the new crown vaccine in Algeria has exceeded 4 million, of which less than 1 million have received two doses. However, in the past two weeks, the vaccination rate has accelerated, with an average of 200,000 vaccinated every day .
According to Kamal Shanhaj, the director of the country’s National Health Security Agency, “To overcome the crisis and achieve herd immunity, we need to vaccinate at least 400,000 people every day.”
The Moroccan Ministry of Health announced on the 7th that it has decided to expand the scope of the new crown vaccine to the age group of 20 years and over to speed up the vaccination process.
At the same time, Morocco registered nearly 9,000 new infections and 80 new deaths, a slight decrease from the previous day's data.
Egypt announced on the 8th that a total of 65 new infections and 9 new deaths had been registered, which was a decrease from the previous day's data.