### [2021-08-18](/feed/2021/08/18/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Tunisia eases its nightly curfew to from midnight to 5:00 a.m. and allows restaurants to remain open until 10 p.m. as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases. 

Tunisia will relax its nightly curfew and cafes and restaurants will be allowed to remain open until 10 p.m, as part of an easing of anti-COVID restrictions, the Tunisian presidency said on Wednesday.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisia-relaxes-curfew-virus-outbreak-slows-2021-08-18/) [Image](https://www.reuters.com/resizer/TRwGNlzd_FUQkohlkwrpAKkyBeo=/1200x628/smart/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/3KK4KZQI25PDND57DYLXFWRAGM.jpg)

### Changes:

1. Tunisia eases its nightly curfew to five hours from midnight to 5:00 a.m. and allows restaurants to remain open until 10 p.m. as the number of COVID-19 cases declined.  _2021-08-18 21:06:55 (First version)_
1. Tunisia eases its nightly curfew to from midnight to 5:00 a.m. and allows restaurants to remain open until 10 p.m. as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases.  _(Current version)_

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