The Tunisian Health Ministry Tuesday announced that 16 new covid-19 cases have been reported on June 15, a day after Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh declared victory over the pandemic. The 16 infection cases have been detected out of 558 conducted screening tests including 8 as part of monitoring active cases. The health ministry said 15 more imported infection cases were reported among repatriated Tunisians who are placed in mandatory quarantine and one active case who has tested positive again. The tally thus rises to 1,125 infection cases out of a total of 61,430 tests conducted since the start of the pandemic last March. Sunday, Fakhfakh announced victory over the pandemic after the North African country recorded no cases for over one week.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 16, 2020 14:15 UTC