COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 73 victims in Tunisia to date, 1,011 in Morocco and 1,475 in Algeria. In this small country, doctors know each other very well and interact professionally and socially with great ease. Tunisia boasts regional health boards that function well, and all information from them is centralised at the health ministry. Other medical supplies, notably apparel, could be produced in the country, which has a thriving textile and electronics industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that being “Western” and “Christian” offers no guarantee of good governance in matters of healthcare.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 28, 2020 17:15 UTC