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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Disease | COVID-19 |
Location | Tunisia |
First outbreak | Italy France Turkey |
Index case | Gabès |
Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 6 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 1,488 (as of 29 July)[1] |
Recovered | 1,178 (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
- ↑ "Tunisia". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ↑ "Italian returnee confirmed Tunisia's first coronavirus case". The Punch. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Gafsa-COVID-19: legal action taken after two cases fail to comply with home-confinement measures". Tunis Afrique Presse. 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Le président de la Bourse de Tunis recommande des mesures pour sauver l'investissement". Kapitalis (in français). 18 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ 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.
Other websites
- Media related to COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website Archived 2020-04-02 at the Wayback Machine