After successfully containing the initial wave of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, Tunisia is struggling to cope with a resurgence of the virus, with intensive care wards full and doctors overburdened by a rapid rise in cases and deaths.

Officials' fears that the already weak healthcare system would collapse under the strain prompted President Kais Saied to appeal for help from the international community.

That distress call is now being answered.

Arab countries promised help earlier this month. A Qatari field hospital has already arrived and this week planes from Egypt, Algeria, the UAE and Turkey touched down loaded with urgent medical aid and vaccines.

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