The call launched by the Minister of Health to the executives of the sector, asking them to participate in the clinical trials on the Covid-19 vaccine, is troubling the good relationship he has maintained with them since the start of the epidemic. Through several messages posted on social networks, they have expressed their discontent.
Jean-Jacques and his wife returned to France thanks to the first repatriation flights chartered for tourists stranded in Morocco due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than five months after their return, the couple is demanding their vehicle, abandoned in a parking lot in Agadir.
The increase in coronavirus infection cases in Morocco is leading to the Kingdom remaining on the list of countries banned from entering the European Union.
To cope with the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has just laid off 140 employees, including 65 pilots. Several hundred others will receive their dismissal letter in the coming days.
Some private school officials have informed parents that they have opted for face-to-face teaching, contrary to the decision adopted by the Moroccan Minister of National Education. An initiative that has been formulated as an obligation and not as an option.
Jazzablanca and Tanjazz will no longer take place this year. The organizers have decided to postpone these two major cultural events.
The large tent set up within the Ibn Tofail hospital can now accommodate serious cases of Covid-19 contamination. It includes 100 beds equipped with oxygen.
The city of Tangier has closed its beaches due to the spread of contamination cases in the province of Fahs-Anjra. This decision came into effect at midnight on Tuesday.
The health crisis due to the coronavirus has strongly impacted the hotel industry in Tangier. The region experienced a disastrous summer season.
1,221 coronavirus infections were recorded on Thursday, August 27 in Morocco, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 57,085 since last March. Morocco has now exceeded 1,000 deaths.
Faced with the resurgence of new infections, the Political Bureau of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has demanded the postponement of the school start by four weeks.
The Moroccan Minister of National Education Saaid Amzazi is categorical: there will be no postponement of the school start given the unpredictable development of the epidemiological situation related to Covid19.