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Tunisia was one of the best performers during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus continued past the first few months, the country struggled to find the most appropriate balance between mitigating its health and economic dimensions. The government began relaxing economic restrictions in May and reopened Tunisia’s borders in June, leading to a spike in infections which eventually grew into a much larger second wave. The wave is expected to peak in mid-December and then ease after a portion of the population gets vaccinated (potentially in the spring of 2021). Until then, rising infections and deaths are stretching Tunisia’s public healthcare system beyond capacity and adding additional economic pressure to an already struggling population.