The COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all Tunisian citizens, Hechmi Louzir, director general of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, said on Tuesday.
Louzir told Tunis Afrique Presse that the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be allocated to those suffering from chronic diseases, the elderly, and health workers, adding that the vaccination will not be mandatory.
The health official affirmed that his country has already reserved 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
The Tunisian Ministry of Health has signed an agreement to obtain the above-mentioned vaccines at $7 per dose. To date Tunisia 113,241 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 3,956 deaths.
Last week Uganda’s ministry of health also confirmed to be in the process of procuring 9 million dose of COVID-19 from the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer. However we are yet to establish whether it will be for free or Ugandans will have to pay. The doses are expected to arrive in January.