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Tunisian President, Kais Saied
Tunisian President Kais Saied has received his first dose of vaccine and promises not to “lose the war” against the coronavirus in Tunisia, where the health situation is considered catastrophic and the vaccination campaign too slow.
The country, which only recorded around 50 deaths from March to August 2020, is currently at more than 16,000 deaths, with records of 194, 189 or 134 new daily deaths recorded in recent days.
“We are in a catastrophic situation, the health system has collapsed, we can only find a bed in hospitals with great difficulty,” said Nisaf Ben Alaya, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, on Monday.
The intensive care units are full and there is a severe shortage of oxygen, officials said.
The latest aid brings to 2 million doses of vaccines given to Tunisia, where vaccinations are far behind other countries. So far, only 730,000 people have been fully immunized out of a total of 11.6 million inhabitants.
On Monday, Saudi Arabia announced that it would send Tunisia a medical aid package including one million doses of vaccine to help the North African country control the rapid spread of the virus.
While Ons Jabeur, who became the first Arab woman to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last week, announced on Monday that she was auctioning one of her racquets to help hospitals in her native Tunisia fight against Covid-19.
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