While she had left Brains, south of Nantes, for a week’s vacation in Agadir, from March 9 to 16, Patricia Aubinais had found herself confined in Morocco . After 52 days of extended vacation, this woman from Saint-Mars de Coutais finally returned to Nantes on April 29.
The luxury hotel, the Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay Resort , would have closed down, after having released all of its staff.
Despite the health crisis that Morocco is experiencing due to the coronavirus, major construction projects continue. This is the case, for example, of the high-speed line (LGV) that is to connect Casablanca - Marrakech and Agadir.
Moroccans residing in Spain, blocked in Morocco, want to return to Spain. They made this known through a protest on May 4, in front of the Spanish consulates in several cities in Morocco.
A 31-year-old individual was arrested in the early hours of Saturday in Agadir, for his alleged involvement in a case of possession and trafficking of cannabis resin.
While the entire country is in total lockdown, a British national, in love with the country, is living a homeless life in Agadir , after refusing to return to Great Britain.
A Moroccan residing in France died on Saturday, April 4, at the Hassan II Hospital in Agadir , as a result of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the region to 4.
The regional health delegate in Agadir-Ida Outanane, and deputy director of the Hassan II regional hospital center, "was admitted, this Wednesday, to intensive care in the same facility, after a positive coronavirus test," according to a hospital official.
The city of Agadir is still without news of a fifty-year-old fishing enthusiast, who has been missing for four days in the Tikert region north of the city.
Three members of the Jewish community in Morocco died from the coronavirus, three weeks after attending a wedding party in Agadir.
A 46-year-old woman was arrested on Monday evening by the elements of the Agadir prefectural service. She would be involved in the recording and dissemination via social networks of a video sequence containing insulting and defamatory remarks against members of the Moroccan community residing abroad (MREs) and inciting hatred and discrimination.
Exporters in the Souss-Massa region can rejoice. A new shipping line now connects the port of Agadir to Port-Vendres in France. The good news was announced by the National Ports Agency.