According to Mehdi, as cited by the outlet, the country will start its mass vaccination campaign on Saturday, with healthcare workers, the elderly and the servicemen first in line to get immunized.
The minister added that Tunisia was also planning to acquire 93,600 doses of the Pfizer vaccine via the World Health Organization's COVAX facility.
"By June, about three million Tunisians will have received the vaccine," Mehdi said, as quoted by the radio broadcaster.
The COVID-19 death toll in Maghreb country topped 8,225, with the infection tally exceeding 238,000 cases.
