⁍ The governors of four provinces that make up greater Tunis said in a statement that there would be a curfew between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.
The curfew will take effect from Thursday.

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⁍ Tunisia entirely shut down its economy in March and closed its borders, limiting the spread of coronavirus to a few hundred confirmed cases.

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– Tunisia is introducing a curfew to combat a second wave of coronavirus, which has killed at least 21 people and sickened more than 20,000 over the past month. The capital, Tunis, will be off-limits to the public from 9pm to 5am and Fridays prayers in mosques will be suspended, Reuters reports. “The decision has come too late but it will help us break the rise in cases,” says a fruit seller. The country completely shut down its economy in March to stop a first wave of coronavirus, which was traced to a patient who traveled to the US. But Tunisia has since seen a second wave of cases, with a former prime minister and the leader of a major party among those who have tested positive for the virus. “The Tunisian political class lost its opportunity to be ready for a second wave,” says a Tunis baker. “What did they do to prepare over the past months? Nothing. They were just focused on their usual disputes.”