In the face of the rise in Covid-19 cases and the increase in deaths, the authorities continue to try to stop the tide. Following new reconfigurations in several regions, Greater Tunis was closed on Thursday, July 1, with a 20-hour curfew throughout the territory, disruptions to cultural events, demonstrations and closure of worship.
as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaise
In the district of Aouina, in Tunis, an hour before the curfew, everyone hurries, either to buy bread or for one last coffee. For many Tunisians, the new restrictions attached to Covid are difficult to accept. Youssef is 20 years old and is a salesman in a store: “I’m tired of all this, to me it’s like the flu, do we really have to get used to living with it?” “
Haythem, a waiter at the local cafe, serves passers-by who come to take out or sit on the stairs outside, for lack of chairs. They must be removed at 4 pm due to health restrictions. “I may have to work every other day just to not lose my job. We have all our problems, those who have the rent to pay, those who have children who are dependent and the state does not help us. “
Doctors, whose hospitals are saturated, are asking for better control and strict application of the new measures. Samir Abdelmoumen is an emergency physician at SAMU. “To succeed, everyone must participate, the people are sacrificing, the government is taking adequate measures, but we need social and economic support measures. “
Accompanying or support measures that do not yet exist in a country in the midst of an economic and social crisis.
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