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Spain has excluded Morocco from a list of extra-EU countries that can enter its airspace for commercial and passenger traffic. Spanish authorities evoked reciprocity but observers see the move as a retaliatory measure against Morocco’s sovereign measure to close borders with the two enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla during the pandemic. Spain was one of […]
Moroccan engineers managed to make a prototype of an intensive care bed that shall be produced en masse for export purposes, according to the industry ministry. The bed was made by private companies in partnership with the Moroccan industry ministry, which spurred the project. It has been designed to meet international intensive care standards and […]
The coronavirus tally took an upsurge in August accounting for 60% of deaths and 54% of total infections, the health ministry said. The number of infections rose to 77 per 100,000 people by August 23, putting Morocco in the 49th spot as most affected country globally. With 1.8 million tests conducted so-far, Morocco is ranked […]
Tanger Med was ranked as the best performing African Port in 2020 despite the challenges imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic on port traffic, UNCTAD said. The port widened the gap with other competitors in Africa in terms of connectivity with 137 direct links, UNCTAD said in a report. Globally, the port of Shanghai came first […]
As Moroccan hospitals are flooded by an increasing number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care, medics are complaining of a lack of equipment including ventilators and oxygen. This came as a surprise to Moroccan public opinion who is asking about the fate of the Moroccan-made ventilators that made headlines last April, showcasing Morocco’s industrial capacity […]
Remote teaching will be adopted as an educational model at the start of the 2020-2021 school year, which begins on September 7, in all public and private establishments as well as in foreign missions’ schools, announced on Saturday the Ministry of national education, vocational training, higher education and scientific research. The ministry said in a […]
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the two warring governments in Eastern and Western Libya have declared an immediate nationwide ceasefire offering hope for a de-escalation of a conflict that has wracked the country since a 2011 uprising. It started after the UN-backed government in Tripoli, led by Fayez Sarraj, said he had instructed aligned […]
Morocco recorded in 24 hours, between Thursday and Friday, 42 fatalities, which is the highest daily death count since the virus was first detected in the country on March 2. The new tally brings the death toll to 817, with the mortality rate standing at 1.7%. The figures were announced by the Moroccan Ministry of […]
King Mohammed VI urged Moroccan citizens to strictly comply to health and safety measures in order to curb coronavirus infections, which have spiked recently. The King pointed out that Morocco was cited as a model in the fight against the virus and that achievements should not be overturned by negligence. “There are people who claim […]
Morocco will take part in phase 3 clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by state-owned pharmaceutical giant, China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm). Two agreements were signed on Thursday in this regard via videoconference by Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb and top executives of the Chinese biotech group in presence of Foreign Minister Nasser […]