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Tunisia begins to implement the usage of a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination pass in order to enter cafés, state institutions, banks, and shopping centres despite popular opposition and criticism from Amnesty International.
2021-12-22

Tunisia launches its "open-air" COVID-19 vaccination drive for people over the age of 40 in 300 vaccination centers across the country after six million doses of the vaccine arrived from overseas.
2021-08-8

Tunisia receives 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Italy.
2021-08-1

Tunisian President Kais Saied, in a televised speech, announces the dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and the suspension of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, and also assumes executive authority. The opposition calls the actions a coup d'état.
2021-07-25

Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi fires Minister for Public Health Faouzi Mehdi and appoints Mohamed Trabelsi as caretaker Minister for Public Health amid a collapse of the nation's healthcare system due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
2021-07-20

Tunisia enters a seven-day strict lockdown during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which includes a curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
2021-05-9

Tunisia begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Sputnik V vaccine. Health workers, soldiers, people over age 65, and people with underlying conditions are the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-03-13

Tunisia reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
2021-03-2

Tunisia bans gatherings including demonstrations and extends their curfew to between 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time until February 14 in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-01-23

Tunisia reports a record 4,170 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours as the country enters a four-day lockdown and also closes all schools until January 24 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-01-15