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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.

FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images
Tunisians working in the tourism industry receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine on June 4, 2021 in Tunis. — FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images

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.

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