Date: 2020
Type: Other
Covid19 in Tunisia : beyond the health crisis, a socio-economic challenge
MEDirections Blog, Blogpost, 2020, [RSCAS]
CHERIF, Nedra, Covid19 in Tunisia : beyond the health crisis, a socio-economic challenge, MEDirections Blog, Blogpost, 2020, [RSCAS] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66808
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Aware of the fragility of the country’s healthcare system and its high risk of a rapid spread of the coronavirus due to the country’s close connection with Europe, the Tunisian authorities took early measures to prevent large-scale contamination, which they would be hard-pressed to handle at the level of medical services. While the epidemic seems to remain under control so far, the socio-economic consequences of the crisis may eventually prove more damaging to Tunisia than the virus itself.
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Published online April 9th, 2020
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/66808
External link: https://blogs.eui.eu/medirections/covid19-tunisia-beyond-health-crisis-socio-economic-challenge
Series/Number: MEDirections Blog; Blogpost; 2020; [RSCAS]
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Covid-19 COVID-19 Coronavirus Tunisia Healthcare
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