The COVID-19 crisis

A virus spreads and paralyzes the whole world. How is the health sector facing this pandemic, what policies should be implemented, what economic stimulus is planned? Like everywhere else, Tunisia is trying to confront the crisis. While half of the world's population is confined, the whole system is turned upside down.

Cinema and epidemics, a professional community in great difficulty

Noujoud Rejbi
| 13 November 2020 | 8 minutes
To fight spreading of the Covid-19 pandemic, movie theatres were among the first institutions to draw their curtains closed. An entire industry is holding its breath and professionals are ringing the alarm bells. “If things continue like this, we will no longer exist in 6 months.”

THE SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 IN 10 CHARTS

Malek KhadhraouiHaïfa Mzalouat
| 20 August 2020 | 15 minutes
On 17 August  2020, 129 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Tunisia, setting a new record for daily infections. Since the reopening of the borders, the infections have continued to rise. Compared with the first-wave data, Inkyfada provides figures and graphs on the return of the epidemic.

COVID-19 in Tunisia: Concentration and Abuse of Power under the Cover of an Epidemic

Haïfa Mzalouat
| 30 June 2020 | 10 minutes

By implementing measures such as confinement, travel bans, and curfews, the Tunisian authorities introduced a state of emergency with the claim that they were protecting the population. But with more than 5,000 arrests made during the epidemic, the tightening of security has created growing concern. 

The COVID-19 Epidemic in Tunisia, in Numbers

the Editorial Team
| 14 June 2020 | 15 minutes

In Tunisia, the COVID-19 epidemic has shed light on the limits of public hospitals and the health sector in general. More than 3 months after the announcement of the first detected case, and with the borders soon to reopen, the health crisis seems, for the moment, to be under control. A look back at the figures of a crisis that has put both the authorities and the population to the test.

The Impossible Return of the Tunisians who Died in France

Aida Delpuech
| 21 May 2020 | 7 minutes

With international borders closed, the families of 134 Tunisians have lost the chance to repatriate their loved ones who died in France due to COVID-19-related complications. Obligated to bury them on the spot, many were unable to honor their family members’ final wishes.

COVID-19: Key Dates in the Management of the Epidemic in Tunisia

the Editorial Team
| 15 May 2020 | 0 minutes
Barely two months after the first awareness-raising campaigns against COVID-19, general confinement was announced throughout Tunisia. Since the beginning of the year, the government and national authorities have been trying to prepare for the international health crisis, leading to border closures, curfews, social assistance... Here is a chronological overview of all the measures introduced throughout the country. 
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