Tunis: Health Minister Ali Mrabet announced, Tuesday, Tunisia's adherence to the digitization of the national vaccination programme in all basic healthcare centers and other healthcare structures by updating the national vaccination portal EVAX in its new version www.evax.tn The minister told reporters, on the sidelines of his visit to the Mother and Child Protection Center in Cité Ezzouhour, that a team of specialists from the Health Ministry introduced all the necessary modifications to the EVAX system relating to the anti-COVID vaccination which was set up in 2021 by the Health Ministry to modernize it and transform it into an effective and secure national vaccination portal making it possible to digitize and manage all vaccination operations. Mrabet pointed out that this national portal includes all routine vaccinations intended for children from birth to the age of 18, pregnant women and all citizens concerned by routine and exceptional vaccination, such as vaccination against seasonal flu, against rab ies and when travel abroad. He urged citizens to register on the portal. Pediatrician Emna Barkewri, Head of the Department of Women and Children Protection Center at Cité Ezzouhour, stressed that Tunisia's adherence to the digitization of the national vaccination programme represents a major achievement nationally and internationally, adding that Tunisia today benefits from an important scientific data bank in terms of national vaccination. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse