Tunisian parliament speaker Ghannouchi contracts COVID-19, adviser says

Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, speaks during an interview in his office, Tunis, Tunisia, March 9, 2021. (Reuters)

• Ghannouchi, the leader of the biggest party in the parliament, received two doses of an anti-COVID vaccine this year
• Tunisia is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, with intensive care wards almost full

TUNIS: The speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and the leader of the Islamist Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has contracted COVID-19, an adviser to Ghannouchi told Reuters on Tuesday.
Ghannouchi, 80, is at home and will work remotely, the adviser said.
Ghannouchi, the leader of the biggest party in the parliament, received two doses of an anti-COVID vaccine this year.
Tunisia is seeing a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, with intensive care wards almost full, health authorities said, after successfully containing the virus in the first wave last year.
In total, Tunisia has recorded more than 500,000 coronavirus cases and about 16,500 deaths.