Tunisia s COVID-19 surge spells disaster in more ways than one
Overwhelmed doctors, low vaccination rates and desperate locals: The pandemic is exacerbating Tunisia s growing political instability.
Tunisia s hospitals are stretched to breaking point
When Tunisian schoolteacher Rime Hamdi lost her sense of taste and smell, and her temperature began to rise, she knew her concerns about catching COVID-19 had been realized.
But instead of going to a hospital, the 46-year-old from the city of Beja, one of the first areas in the North African nation to be hard hit by this wave of infections, stayed at home to try and deal with the disease herself. It was terrifying, she told DW.