Outside the health center in Kesra, a little traditional village of Tunisia, soldiers hold their rifles to guard the place. Inside, the weapons used by the military health workers to combat the spread of the COVID-19, were the vaccines. On Tuesday, France included Tunisia in its red list of countries with high COVID-19 risk, due to the deteriorating health situation caused by the virus. On Monday military health workers vaccinated people over 60 years old or with comorbidities in Kesra and other regions of Siliana state. By Tuesday Tunisia registered 501,923 cases and 16,494 deaths according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 14, 2021 07:02 UTC