Tunisia has been removed from the list of countries whose travelers are allowed on the territory of the European Union. The great spread of the Coronavirus in the country is the cause.

According to European sources quoted by AFP, nationals of Canada, Tunisia and Georgia are now banned from entering the European Union, due to their epidemiological situation.

“Due to a sharp rise in cases of Covid-19 infection, Georgia, Canada and Tunisia have been removed from the list,” it was confirmed. “The procedure should be formally approved by Friday.”

The coronavirus continues its dizzying spread in Tunisia as confirmed by the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health, published on the evening of Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

The latest report shows, in fact, 1,723 new infections with the coronavirus on October 19 following the 4,557 tests carried out. That is to say a positivity rate of 37.8%.

This new assessment brings the total number of contaminations identified since the appearance of the virus in February 2020 to 44,450 cases out of a total of 307,759 analyzes carried out. That is 14.4% of the total tests carried out since February.

From the start of the pandemic until October 19, the incidence rate for every 100,000 inhabitants has risen to 375, reports the Ministry of Health.

In addition, 24 people have died from the coronavirus, yesterday bringing the total number of deaths to 711 since the appearance of the virus. That is a death rate of 6 for every 100,000 inhabitants since the start of the pandemic.

These statistics confirm the words of Nissaf Ben Alaya, director general of the National Observatory for Emerging Diseases, indicating that the coronavirus is spreading at high speed.

A little earlier, she confirmed that at the current rate, Tunisia could record a very heavy toll in terms of human losses with 7,200 deaths by the end of the year while the same forecasts were made two years ago. weeks, out of 5,500 deaths by December 31, 2020.