Tunisia detects six cases of Delta COVID-19 variant

FILE PHOTO: A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Tunis

June 24, 2021, 3:39 AM

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has detected six cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, first detected in India, the health ministry said on Wednesday, amid a rapid spread of the virus in the North African country.

After successfully containing the virus in the first wave last year, Tunisia is grappling with a rise in infections.

As cases have mounted and intensive care wards almost filled, Tunisia last week imposed a lockdown in four governates.

Tunisia has recorded 387,000 coronavirus cases and about 14,233 deaths.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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