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Few hours after the Health Ministry announced Saturday nine new coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Transport issued a statement saying that the head of the department Abdelkader Amara has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Abdelkader Amara, the first member of the Moroccan cabinet to test positive for the novel coronavirus, had paid a […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend until further notice passenger flights with 21 more countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release issued Saturday, March 14, the same day the Ministry of Health announced nine new cases of […]
Morocco decided this Friday to suspend, until further notice, all air and sea connections with France over fears of the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to spread around the world and particularly in the European continent. The decision was discussed between King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron, as well as between the relevant governmental authorities […]
Morocco registered this Friday, March 13, the seventh coronavirus case. The Ministry of Health announced that a 39-year old man was tested positive to Covid-19. The patient is a Moroccan national, who arrived in Casablanca on Wednesday March 4, from Spain, the Health Ministry said in a press release issued this Friday. The […]
Morocco has suspended all flights from and to Spain as well as maritime passenger connections between the two countries as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread. Moroccan authorities also decided to suspend flights to and from Algeria until further notice, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced on Wednesday the cancellation of all religious gatherings, locally known as moussems, to avoid the spread of the covid-19. The ministry’s decision actually came in response to the mounting fears of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The ministry confirmed the events are canceled regardless of the size […]
Just after the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi told Reuters and Bloomberg that Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in 2020 from a previous estimate of f 3.5%, the Ministry of Economy & Finance announced, on Wednesday, the setting-up of an Economic Monitoring Committee that will assess the impact of […]
Morocco’s Health Ministry confirmed this Wednesday afternoon a sixth coronavirus case. The patient is a French woman of Senegalese origin. The 64-year old woman arrived in Fez from France on Thursday, March 5. The woman showed coronavirus symptoms on March 7, the ministry said. Health authorities announced two more cases earlier in […]
Military leaders from the United States, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal will modify the size and scope of African Lion to minimize exposure of participating service members from the US and partner nations to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US Africa Command. “The safety and protection of all of our forces — US and […]
In Ghana and Gabon, public officials and MPs have been temporarily banned from travelling out of their countries in measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to a statement issued by the office of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, only essential and critical trips by public officials would be considered and approved. In Gabon, […]