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Thirty-one pregnant women have tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said Thursday. Thirty of these pregnant women showed no symptoms of the disease, and one of them was tested positive while her health condition was rather severe, said director of Epidemiology and Disease Control at […]
L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), also known as Francophonie, has postponed to next year its 18th summit, initially scheduled for December 2020 in Tunisia, over the covid-19 pandemic. “Due to the health crisis that has hit the entire world and the various uncertainties that stem from it, Tunisia proposed that the summit takes place […]
The European Union will extend Morocco €100 million (1.1 billion dirhams) to support the financing of the health sector in the context of the Covid-19 crisis The related agreement was signed Tuesday by Economy & Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaâboun, Minister of Health Khalid Ait Taleb, and ambassador of the EU in Morocco, Claudia Wiedey, The […]
French consumer-defense group UFC-Que Choisir said Tuesday in a statement that it has lodged a complaint with a court in Paris against 20 airlines, including Royal Air Maroc, Algérie Air, and Tunisair, after the carriers refused to reimburse the passengers whose flights have been cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic. The NGO said it has decided […]
Morocco’s economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak but plans have been set up to relaunch the economic activity through promoting state investments and fostering domestic consumption, Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun said. The government is preparing conditions to relaunch the economy after the lockdown affected most sectors notably exporting businesses, Benchaaboun told MPs […]
The number of Moroccan nationals stranded abroad rose to 31,800 people who are still waiting for a governmental decision to be repatriated to the homeland, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said, promising their return without giving a specific date. He spoke vaguely about ministerial departments preparing for their return at a time […]
The Ehmi application, available on Android and currently being validated on iOS, was developed free of charge by a Tunisian start-up that usually creates digital marketing tools for foreign companies. If a person using the application tests positive, the Observatory of Emerging Diseases (ONME) will warn other users who have crossed paths with the phone, […]
After an exceptional Ramadan with closed mosques and social distancing measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Moroccans will have to stay in their homes during Eid El Fitr and avoid family visits after the country extended the confinement it has started in March 20 until June 10. This means no collective Eid prayers this year […]
Morocco prepares to double the number of daily coronavirus tests from 5000 to 10,000, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said. Ending the confinement requires stepping up tests as much as possible in line with WHO recommendations, he told MPs Monday. This would help rapid results of infected people and contact cases, he […]
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco adopted a set of preventive measures to face the looming health crisis. Part of the measures it adopted, Morocco imposed the compulsory wearing of masks and mobilized several industrial units to produce locally protective facemasks, a move that was described by international media a success story as […]