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Moroccan worshipers will be able to attend mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Friday Prayer but this will be conditioned by strict caution to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, the religious affairs ministry said. The ministry urged anyone with coronavirus symptoms to abstain from going to mosques to protect other […]
The European Union has earmarked six million euros, or 65 billion Guinean francs, for the response to the coronavirus epidemic in Guinea, under a contract signed on Monday with the NGO Alima (Alliance for International Medical), announced the European delegation in a statement. The funds should be injected in a project related to the health […]
King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, presided this Monday, July 6, over a council of ministers devoted, among other things, to examining the general orientations of the reviewed budget law for the year 2020, announced a statement, read out by spokesperson for the Royal Palace Abdelhak Lamrini. The Council […]
Hotspots continue to complicate Morocco’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus with 393 cases on Saturday, most of which at a Sardine canning factory in the coastal city of Safi. After the strawberry fields and packaging plants north of Kenitra, a new cluster in Safi’s fish canning factories recorded 203 in a single […]
Coronavirus : Who are the people most at risk?
Morocco’s flag carrier RAM saw its revenues drop to zero because of a domestic and international flight ban following the coronavirus outbreak leaving the company struggling to pay salaries and expenses. The company has requested state aid and plans layoffs as well as canceling some routes it has opened recently, Moroccan media reported, noting that […]
South Africa has just started clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19, the first on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and is already being tested in humans in Great Britain. The vaccine trial started on June 24 in Johannesburg, the commercial capital, and Pretoria, the national […]
Tough times ahead for Morocco to cushion the impact of the coronavirus after head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani asked public administrations to freeze hiring in all sectors next year with the exception of education, health and security. The move will follow a review of the budget law, which shall attach importance to […]
The coronavirus has imposed the need for an amendment of the budget law that will gear focus to education, health, social protection and digital transformation. A cabinet meeting was chaired in this respect Wednesday by head of the Government Saad Eddine EL Othmani to discuss the broad line of the new appropriation bill. The restrictive […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has teamed up with the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) to help tourism industry recover from the covid-19 impact in several countries, including Morocco. The coronavirus lockdown has affected many sectors of the global economy, with tourism being among the hardest hit as worldwide destinations introduced restrictions on […]