TUNIS, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Tunisian health official warned that the North African country may witness a new wave of COVID-19 infections at the beginning of 2023, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported Wednesday.

"Tunisians should ... get to strengthen immunity and prevent the (COVID-19) transmission in anticipation of an increase in infections in January 2023," Riadh Daghfous, director general of the National Center of Pharmacovigilance, told TAP.

Daghfous, also the president of the COVID-19 Scientific Vaccination Monitoring Committee, highlighted the importance of vaccination.