UAE sends vaccines to Tunisia
Tunisia is experiencing historic highs in daily COVID-19 cases, though its vaccination rate is among the highest in Africa.
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The United Arab Emirates sent a batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tunisia on Tuesday. The North African country is experiencing an outbreak of the coronavirus, though it has had some success in vaccinating its population.
The UAE sent a plane carrying 500,000 vaccine doses to Tunisia. The move was due to the “difficult circumstances Tunisia is facing now as a result of the pandemic” and followed a phone call between Tunisian President Kais Saied and Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, according to the official Emirates News Agency.