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21 December: Media sources are reporting that as of 22 December, all school staffs including teachers and children above the age of 15 years will be required to show vaccine pass to access entry to schools. The vaccine pass has also been made mandatory in public spaces for all over 18 years and above. 

12 October: Officials will organise mobile vaccination drives between 7 and 14 October to vaccinate children in 1100 schools. Children 15 years and above will be targeted in the campaigns. 

28 September: Media sources have reported that the health ministry will soon start administering a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 50 years and above and those suffering from chronic diseases. People eligible for the booster and registered for vaccination, will receive an sms invite for the booster dose. Later, this provision will be expanded to people of all ages who are suffering from medical conditions. 

16 September: Authorities will launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for people with special needs. Media reports that the campaign will begin from 20 to 30 September in vaccination centres across different regions in the country.

13 September: Media sources report that 14 September will be an open day for vaccination of executives from the education, training and kindergarten sectors. It is not clear whether all students will be vaccinated or only few would be offered vaccine on priority.

10 August: Media sources report that people administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on 8 August will be offered the second dose on 29 August. Over 550,000 people 40 years and above were vaccinated on 8 August across over 330 vaccination sites.

5 August: Media sources are reporting that as part of a vaccination drive, citizens would be administered the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in walk-in vaccination centres on 8 August. Officials have recommended this vaccine for use in people over the age of 40 years and above.

13 July: Tunisia has received 2 million vaccine doses to assist the country’s efforts amid a surge in transmission. One million vaccine doses have been donated by the Saudi Arabian Government.

Chinese media reports that marketing authorisation has been granted for the Sinopharm vaccine on. Additional supplies of vaccines have arrived recently, including 85,410 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on 12 July, and 40,000 doses of Sputnik on 8 July.

Over 2.5 million doses have been administered to date, with over 730,000 people fully vaccinated.

25 May: Vaccination of teachers is likely to begin on 25 May at predetermined local centres, as reported by media sources. Authorities call for a need to accelerate vaccination of health professionals.

21 May: Media sources are reporting that people will be able to register for the national COVID-19 vaccination drive in private pharmacies. Those who are unable to register on the vaccination portal can go to the nearest pharmacy to get vaccinated.

9 April: Officials have approved Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine for use. The country will soon receive 1.5 million doses. Media sources have also reported AstraZeneca vaccine will be used to vaccinate people over 60 years.

18 March: The WHO have announced that Tunisia has recieved the first batch of 93 600 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility. Faycal Ben Salah, Tunisia’s Director General of Health is quoted as saying “This shipment represents an important step in the fight against COVID-19 and Tunisia is delighted to receive this first batch of vaccines through the COVAX initiative. The country has prepared well for its vaccination campaign and is committed to providing the vaccine for free and in a way that guarantees access for all residents in Tunisia (18 years and above) to the vaccine without any discrimination,” The national vaccination campaign was launched on Saturday 13 March with nursing staff as a priority.

10 March: Tunisia received its first shipment of 30,000 dose of Russia’s Sputnik V this week. Vaccinations are scheduled to start on 13 March and include health care workers, soldiers and security officers, people over 65 and people with chronic health problems. In addition to more Russian vaccines, the country is expecting deliveries of Chinese vaccines as well as those from Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca. Tunisia is hoping to vaccinate 50% of its 12 million people by the end of the year.