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Tunisia's parliament speaker and head of Islamist party transferred to hospital

FILE PHOTO: Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, arrives at the party's headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Tunisia's parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, who is the head of Ennahda Islamist party, was transferred to the military hospital on Sunday, two advisors told Reuters.

Ghannouchi, 80, was infected with COVID-19 last month and spent a week in the military hospital.

(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Chris Reese)

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