
Casablanca Restaurants Reopen with 8 PM Curfew After Months-Long Closure
The government has authorized, this Wednesday, January 13, restaurants in the large metropolis to reopen again until 8 p.m., after several months of closure.
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The government has authorized, this Wednesday, January 13, restaurants in the large metropolis to reopen again until 8 p.m., after several months of closure.

Contrary to forecasts, collective immunity against the coronavirus will not be achieved in 2021, said a senior scientist from the World Health Organization. The international organization could also recommend the use of masks and compliance with restrictive measures.

Morocco has just extended by one week, starting this Wednesday, January 13 at 9 p.m., the precautionary measures adopted on December 23.

The death toll from coronavirus in Morocco has recorded a record decline. Some 17 deaths were recorded in 24 hours, bringing the number of patients who have succumbed to Covid-19 in the Kingdom since the start of the epidemic to 7,784, with a fatality rate of 1.7%.

The assistant coach of the Atlas Lions, Mustapha Hadji is called upon to closely follow the players of the national local team by selecting the best players among the participants in the African Championship of local players, scheduled for next Sunday.

Morocco is no longer among the high-risk countries that must present the results of a PCR test upon arrival in Spain. The recent declines in active cases are behind this decision.

The Ministry of the Interior wants to prosecute lawyer Mohamed Ziane for his defamatory remarks against the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).

Some 24 patients have succumbed to the coronavirus in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said, bringing the number of deaths due to the coronavirus in the kingdom to 7,767 since the start of the epidemic last March.

Elements of the Judicial Police Brigade of Fez-Meknes arrested four individuals, including a woman, in simultaneous operations carried out in Fez and Meknes. They would be involved with a criminal network active in the falsification of official documents, fraud, forgery and use of forgeries.

The president of the commune of Mrirt (province of Khénifra) Mohamed Adal was sentenced, Thursday, to 6 years in prison by the Criminal Chamber of First Instance in charge of financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. He is accused of "participating in the waste and embezzlement of public funds entrusted to a public official" and "creating and selling real estate areas without authorization".

The arrest in Morocco of a major drug trafficker delights the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who hails it as a "fine example of the very good cooperation between France and Morocco".

French President Emmanuel Macron is concerned about the future of the National Council of Imams, already cracked by the withdrawal, on December 28, of the Great Mosque of Paris. While inviting representatives of the Muslim faith to "overcome differences", he said he "remained confident in the process".