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The increase in cases of Covid-19 contamination is due to the non-compliance with safety rules by certain production units, observed the Moroccan Network for the Defense of the Right to Health and Life. The network calls on the competent authorities to take drastic measures against these factories in order to ensure the success of the gradual deconfinement that is announced.
Spaniards stranded in Morocco due to the coronavirus pandemic will finally be able to return home. The Spanish embassy in Morocco has chartered two new Tangier-Malaga ships for their repatriation.
At the end of April 2020, the counter shows 35 million quintals of wheat imported by Morocco. A precaution that is part of the concern to have a safety stock of cereals.
Placed in quarantine in a hotel, following the coronavirus contamination of their colleague, employees of a supermarket in Rabat have tested negative and have been released.
The plan for managing the epidemiological crisis after the end of the first lockdown period will be presented this Monday by the head of government of the kingdom. Despite the opposition of scientists to any relaxation, a gradual lifting of the lockdown is being discussed.
Ten farmers were arrested in the province of El Kelaa des Sraghna by the prefectural authorities. They are accused of having irrigated crops with wastewater. An investigation has been opened under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to elucidate this case.
Moroccans living abroad (MRE) will receive support to cope with the effects of covid-19. Their supervising minister, Nezha El Ouafi , indicated on Friday in Rabat that an emergency action plan project has been developed for this purpose. It provides for a series of administrative, economic and social measures in the short and medium term.
Candidates for the 2020 baccalaureate in Morocco do not have to worry about the establishment of the national identity card. The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has announced the launch of an exceptional operation for the issuance of identity cards for their benefit from May 18.
Closed due to covid-19, Decathlon Morocco recently signed a partnership with Marjane for the distribution of its products.
The various options for deconfinement of the pandemic and their health impacts in Morocco have been analyzed. The assessment was carried out and published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) , in a study entitled "Covid-19 pandemic in the national context: situation and scenarios".
Doubts remain about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of coronavirus. Two studies call into question the effectiveness of this molecule, of which Professor Didier Raoult is a staunch defender.
With large-scale production, Morocco, now engaged in the export of masks, is on the verge of becoming one of the big winners of the industrial relocation movement.