People over 75 years of age have started receiving text message invites since Monday, informing them of the date, time and vaccination centre where they will receive the 3rd dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The 3rd dose of the vaccine will be administered, initially, to people over 75 years of age, pending the generalisation of this shot to the other […]
The Ministry of Health is organising in cooperation with the National Company of Tunisian Railways (SNCFT) a health caravan for inhabitants of the governorates of Sfax, Sidi Bouzid, and Gafsa on October 29, 30 and 31. The campaign fits into stepping up coronavirus screening operations and strengthening the national vaccination campaign and breast cancer screening, on pink October. A team […]
The scientific committee to fight the coronavirus has proposed administering COVID-19 vaccines to people aged between 12 and 15 years, Mahjoub Ouni, a member of the committee said Tuesday. Ouni told TAP the immunisation of this age group will help limit the spread of coronavirus in schools. The majority of COVID19 cases among school students carry the Delta variant, he […]
The 15th edition of the International Exhibition of Agriculture, Agricultural Machinery and Fisheries “SIAMAP 2021” was opened Tuesday at the Kram Exhibition Center. This biennial exhibition organised by the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishery (UTAP), is held from October 26 to 31, 2021 on the theme “Agriculture is our immunity”. Inaugurating the “SIAMAP 2021”, Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources […]
The national carrier Tunisair announced Tuesday, that in accordance with the decision of the Tunisian authorities, all travellers to Tunisia, from tomorrow Wednesday, October 27, 2021, must present at check-in at the airport of departure, a certificate of negative RT-PCR test bearing a QR Code, whose date of completion does not exceed 72 hours at registration. Children under 12 years […]
The first startup accelerator dedicated to sustainable tourism has been launched in Tunisia. It is an initiative launched under a cooperation agreement between the project “Promotion of Sustainable Tourism” and the network “Carthage Business Angels” and with support from the German agency for international development cooperation “GIZ”. This accelerator will provide training, personalised mentoring and access to funding to fifteen […]
Tourism revenues went up 7% from January 1 to October 20 2021, compared to the same period of 2020, said Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Mohamed Moez Belhassine. Speaking to reporters, on the sidelines of the opening of the 15th edition of the International Exhibition of Agriculture, Agricultural Machinery and Fisheries “SIAMAP 2021” Tuesday, he added that the number of […]
Minister of State Property and Land Affairs Mohamed Rekik, on Tuesday, ordered initiating a thorough investigation on the procedures for allocating state farm «Ouzra 1» in Mornag, Ben Arous through rent. The Minister was speaking during a visit to the General Directorate of Agricultural Real Estate and to the Management Unit by Objectives to implement and monitor files relating to […]
A former minister of agriculture, an adviser of his cabinet in charge of governance, two directors at the Ministry of Agriculture, the president of the tender opening committee, two members of that committee and the representative of a company beneficiary of a transaction were taken into custody, on order from the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Judicial Financial Division. This […]