Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco and Algeria announced Saturday more fatalities linked to the novel coronavirus as efforts continued to contain the disease, Anadolu Agency reported. Tunisia The T.
Middle East countries struggle to bring pandemic under control
Most countries of the region are betting on immunisation to contain COVID-19 contamination, with some better equipped than others to acquire and distribute vaccines.
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An elderly woman receives an injection of the CoronaVac vaccine at a nursing home in Ankara, on January 19, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (AFP)
TUNIS – Restrictions were being tightened across the Middle East Monday in the face of an unrelenting coronavirus threat, with Israel preparing to close its international airport to nearly all flights and Egypt beginning its COVID-19 immunisation programme.
Since it emerged in late 2019, COVID-19 has killed more than 2.1 million people around the world, with over 99 million cases registered, according to official figures.
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2021/01/23 23:27 FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. Protests have swept towns an. FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. Protests have swept towns and cities throughout Tunisia for a week, often turning to violence as demonstrators denounce what they say are broken promises from the government, which hasn t been able to turn around an economy on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File) TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) Tunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations as it tries to stem a rapid rise in infections and calm tensions after a week of protests and rioting over economic troubles.