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Tunisia to lift COVID-19 curfew – Metro US

Tunisia to lift COVID-19 curfew

Girls walk past a closed souvenir shop in El Jem
Girls walk past a closed souvenir shop in El Jem

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia will entirely lift its nightly curfew against COVID-19 from Saturday, the presidency said on Friday, after about a year in force.

Tunisian COVID-19 cases spiked sharply in July but have since fallen as the country has carried out a vaccination campaign.

(Reporting by Angus McDowall; editing by Philippa Fletcher)