Tag: Tunisia Health Crisis

  • Tunisia Orders Lockdown Amid Surge In Covid-19 Cases

    Tunisia Orders Lockdown Amid Surge In Covid-19 Cases

    Tunisia has announced a partial lockdown from Sunday for the week-long Eid al-Fitr holidays, due to a surge in coronavirus infections that threatens to overwhelm the country’s healthcare system. Announcing the measure on Friday, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said Tunisia was going through “the worst health crisis in its history”. Mosques, markets and non-essential businesses…