Tunisia announces new measures for arrivals from abroad to curb COVID-19 spread


By EAyten

TUNIS, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian health ministry announced on Monday new measures for arrivals from abroad in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.

Starting from Feb. 1, all arrivals must present a negative PCR test result within 72 hours before take-off, and take a compulsory quarantine for seven days in one of the designated centers, it said.

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