The country is recording a downward trend in cases of contamination.
Sports halls and places of relaxation will reopen in Algeria as part of a new easing of anti-Covid restriction measures in the face of the downward trend in cases of contamination. This concerns in particular sports halls, recreational and leisure areas and beaches. Livestock markets are also allowed to resume operations. Cafés and restaurants can remain open until 9 p.m., but only offer take-out meals or drinks. The curfew has been relaxed in the 19 wilayas (prefectures), out of the 48 in the country where it is still in force, including Algiers and Blida. Partial confinement hours have been readjusted and are now set from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Algiers with an extension of the activity of shops until 9 p.m. These decisions are applicable from this Wednesday February 3. However, all gatherings, especially for weddings or circumcisions, but also political demonstrations, remain prohibited.
Vaccination campaign
Algeria launched its vaccination campaign on Saturday, January 30 in Blida (center), epicenter, in March 2020, of the pandemic in the country, with a first batch of 50,000 doses of Russian vaccine Sputnik V. It also received 50 000 doses of the British vaccine AstraZeneca. Vaccination must be accessible as a priority to medical personnel, the elderly as well as patients with chronic diseases, before extending to security and civil protection personnel, the education sector, imams, politicians and journalists. Some 8,000 health centers have been mobilized.
Au 02 février 2021 : + de 3 500 000 cas de #COVID19 en Afrique – avec + de 3 000 000 guérisons associées et 91 000 décès signalés.
Consultez les chiffres par pays sur le tableau de bord COVID-19 de l'OMS pour la Région africaine: https://t.co/OLDIVVIePA pic.twitter.com/niknFc5QD5
— OMS Afrique (@OMS_Afrique) February 2, 2021
In total, some 108,000 contaminations, including nearly 3,000 deaths, have been officially recorded in the country since the census of the first case on February 25, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. Algeria’s borders have been closed since March 17, 2020.
