Tunisia updates period of confinement for people infected with COVID-19-Xinhua

Tunisia updates period of confinement for people infected with COVID-19

Source: Xinhua| 2022-01-21 03:19:30|Editor: huaxia

TUNIS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Health Ministry has fixed the self-isolation period for people who test positive for COVID-19 to five days, while for those with persistence of symptoms, the confinement will be increased to seven days, a statement released by the ministry said on Thursday.

"Returning to work after the period of sanitary confinement, in both the public and private sectors, is mandatory without presentation of a negative PCR test," reads the statement.

The ministry said that Tunisian Health Ministry reported 12,698 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 817,051.

The death toll from the virus rose by 14 to 25,881 in Tunisia, the ministry said in a statement.

The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the North African country reached 632, including 145 in intensive care units, while the total number of recoveries hit 708,564, it said.

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