COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Tunisia confirmed its first case on 2 March 2020, with the victim being a 40-year-old Tunisian man from Gafsa returning from Italy.[2][3] On 3 July 2020, a total of 1,181 cases of contamination were confirmed, as were 50 deaths and 1,045 people recovered.

2020 coronavirus pandemic in Tunisia
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Governorates of Tunisia with confirmed cases

     Confirmed 1~9      Confirmed 10~99      Confirmed 100~499

As of 10 March 2020
DiseaseCOVID-19
LocationTunisia
First outbreakItaly
France
Turkey
Index caseGabès
Arrival date2 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months and 6 days)
Confirmed cases1,488 (as of 29 July)[1]
Recovered1,178 (as of 29 July)
Deaths
50 (as of 3 July)
Government website
covid-19.tn

Economic consequences

On 18 March 2020, the President of the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) noted a 14.2% drop in the stock market index in Tunisia.[4]On 21 March 2020, the flagship index of the Tunis Stock Exchange finished falling by 7.3% to 6,138.82 points.[5]

References

  1. "Tunisia". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Italian returnee confirmed Tunisia's first coronavirus case". The Punch. 2 March 2020.
  3. "Gafsa-COVID-19: legal action taken after two cases fail to comply with home-confinement measures". Tunis Afrique Presse. 9 March 2020.
  4. "Le président de la Bourse de Tunis recommande des mesures pour sauver l'investissement". Kapitalis (in français). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. Zine, Imen (21 March 2020). "Bourse de Tunis: chute hebdomadaire de 7,3% à cause du COVID-19". L'Economiste Maghrébin (in français). Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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