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Tunisia: explosion of Covid-19 cases shakes hospitals
EPIDEMIC - Faced with a surge in Covid-19 cases, Tunisian hospitals are overwhelmed. The health situation in the country, where vaccination is seriously delayed, is catastrophic.
Léa LUCAS with TF1 - Posted today at 01:56
The health situation continues to deteriorate in Tunisia, where the bar of 16,000 deaths since the start of the epidemic was crossed last weekend. "Yesterday, we recorded 147 deaths, but we went up to 200 deaths per day", indicates Yves Souteyrand, representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) of the country, in the TF1 report at the head of this article. "That is 1000 deaths in a week. In a country of 12 million inhabitants, this is a very important figure."
Several factors are responsible for this mortality, the highest rate in Africa. The Delta variant is now responsible for half of the 8,000 to 9,000 new cases of Covid-19 recorded daily. But, for lack of suitable hospital structures and the necessary respiratory assistance equipment, the country is unable to cope with this unprecedented influx of patients. Health professionals thus find themselves mixing Covid and non-Covid patients, as shown in the videos at the start of the report shot in hospitals in Kairouan and Tunis.
In addition, the full vaccination rate is still very low in Tunisia, with only 6% of the population being doubly vaccinated. The President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed himself did not receive his first injection until Monday, July 12. To encourage his fellow citizens to do the same, he called in the army for reinforcements to carry out the injections in certain regions.
But another problem arises: the vaccine doses available are lacking. In addition to emergency medical aid promised by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs - including "two complete and autonomous resuscitation units, with a total capacity of 100 beds " but also "100 respirators and two oxygen generators with a capacity of 100 beds. capacity of 33 m3 / hour each " - Morocco and France have undertaken to send one million doses of vaccine as quickly as possible.
Franco-Tunisian associations are also strongly mobilized to respond to this health crisis. "We have a pot for oxygen concentrators," Mahjoub Ben Gara told TF1, operational manager of the "Tunisiens des deux rives" association. "Today 100 have arrived and we are expecting 300 more soon."
Health measures have also been strengthened throughout the country, especially in four regions particularly affected by the virus, which will see the return of strict containment. The country being classified "red" by the Hexagon , going to Tunisia, or coming back from it, is now more complicated. Travelers must be doubly vaccinated or have a compelling reason.
Léa LUCAS with TF1
https://www.lci.fr/international/vi...resse-face-a-l-explosion-des-cas-2191551.html
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WHO / Covid-19: Tunisia breaks record for deaths in Africa and Eastern Mediterranean
- Between 8,000 and 9,500 new contaminations and more than 100 deaths are recorded every day
Hajer Cherni |
07/15.2021
Tunisia recorded at the beginning of current July, the heaviest death toll from the coronavirus in the eastern Mediterranean and in Africa. Figures never reached since the appearance of the virus.
In its news bulletin dated Wednesday, July 14, the world health organization announced that Tunisia has broken the death record.
According to the WHO, the health situation in Tunisia remains extremely worrying, where between 8,000 and 9,500 new infections and more than 100 deaths are recorded every day, reported Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP-official).
Also according to what TAP reported, Tunisia approved a series of restrictive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, namely the ban on gatherings and travel between governorates.
WHO has also estimated that despite the progress of vaccination campaigns for people over the age of 60, the pace still remains slow.
Indeed, only '' 12, 7% of Tunisians have received at least one dose of vaccine and 6% have been fully vaccinated, '' TAP reported.
The WHO also described the alarming situation of the hospitals which are already saturated, in addition to the glaring lack of beds, oxygen and even human resources, which causes the exhaustion of the medical profession.
The organization has, in this sense, expressed its commitment, with its international partners, to support Tunisia in its fight against the coronavirus, through the acquisition of additional vaccines, equipment and medical devices.
The Tunisian health ministry announced on Wednesday that as of July 13, 2021, 8,213 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded across the country, bringing the toll of contaminations in Tunisia to 518,609 cases. confirmed.
194 new deaths linked to the virus were recorded as of July 13, which brings the death toll of Covid-19 in the country to 16,845 dead, while the people cured on the same date numbered 6,806, bringing the total to 413,155 healings.
It should be noted that the number of anti-Covid doses administered since the start of the campaign has reached 2,234,739 and that of those registered on the Evax.tn platform 3,393,607.
In addition, some 702,602 people have already received the two doses of the vaccine and are thus fully vaccinated while 105,460 others have received the first dose alone.
https://www.aa.com.tr/fr/afrique/om...-afrique-et-en-méditerranée-orientale/2306048
