Tunisia on Saturday reopened its air, sea and land
borders after more than three months of closure as part of
precautionary measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The move comes after Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said on June 14
that Tunisia had won the battle against the novel coronavirus after
it recently recorded almost no new cases.
International flights to and from Tunisia resumed on Saturday, with
Tunis-Carthage International Airport having received a number of
flights, including from Paris.
Other flights for Frankfurt, Rome and Paris are scheduled to depart.
The two international airports of Monastir Habib Bourguiba and
Djerba-Zarzis will receive flights on Saturday, the director of the
Tunisian Civil Aviation, Habib Mekki, told local media.
Tunisia seeks to revive its tourism sector, severely impacted by the
pandemic.
The North African country lifted a nationwide curfew, in place since
March, on June 15, and the government also allowed domestic travel to
resume from June 4.
A mask-clad member of Tunisia's Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR) walks past passengers queueing to check-in their luggage before boarding departing flights at Tunis-Carthage International Airport in the Tunisian capital on June 27, 2020, as the North African country re-opens its land, sea, and air borders following a four-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic
