The local authorities of the city of Casablanca spoke about the customers fined without a mask in an upscale restaurant. They assure that they remain sensitive to the outcry of customers.
1,191 coronavirus infections were recorded on Tuesday, September 1 in Morocco, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 63,781 since last March.
The president of the National Federation of Restaurateurs is very upset with the local authorities. Khalid Abbadi finds it inappropriate that customers who do not have their protective mask within certain cafes and restaurants located in Casablanca are fined.
Eleven positive Covid-19 cases were reported on Sunday evening among the passengers of a boat from the port of Sète in France. The travelers, including several MREs, were forced to spend the night at the port of Beni Nsar in Nador .
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only challenged the health system in all countries of the world, but it has also aggravated some disparities such as gender inequalities. On Monday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed concern about the scale the phenomenon has taken in the past six months.
Since the deconfinement carried out in Morocco, about twenty cases of Covid-19 infection have been recorded at the National Broadcast and Television Company (SNRT) out of the 2,041 tests carried out. These cases do not cause concern at the national level in view of the daily health statistics in Morocco.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting 100 million euros to Morocco to help it cope with certain urgent needs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Moroccan Minister of Finance, Mohamed Benchaâboun, and Emma Navarro, Vice-President of the EIB, announced the signing on Monday, August 31.
In Morocco, passenger traffic has fallen sharply in the first half of this year, down 57.5% compared to the same period in 2019 due to the health crisis related to Covid-19.
The new coronavirus infections are worrying the local authorities in Rabat. To contain the pandemic, they have made it mandatory to present an identity card before accessing the beach.
600 Moroccans have volunteered to participate in the clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine, which will take place at the university hospitals of Rabat and Casablanca as well as the military hospital of Rabat.
The number of patients due to the coronavirus in the city of Marrakech continues to flood the hospitals to the point of exhausting the medical staff.
The increase in new intra-club infections due to the coronavirus and the desperate search for contact cases are behind the postponement of several matches in the 26th round of the Moroccan football championship.