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In Tunisia the spread of coronavirus continues at an alarming rate, with a huge surge of infections during the last few months, growing from 20 new cases per day in July to more than 2000 cases per day in Mid-October. The Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has announced a series of measures aiming at limiting the infections while Minister of Education Fethi Sallout proposed moving to distance learning in the event that schools needed to be closed, which turned out to be the case at the end of October. However, limited internet access and a shortage of digital devices in rural and peripheral regions in contrast to urban ones have raised questions about whether Sallout’s proposal is a realistic solution for Tunisia.