The Moroccan economy has not finished suffering the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Just for the 2nd quarter, it lost 589,000 jobs, reveals the High Commission for Planning (HCP), in an information note on the labor market situation.
A man is sentenced to pay a fine of 750 DH for refusing to wear his protective mask. This is the verdict handed down by the court of first instance in Tiznit.
Faced with the surge in coronavirus contamination cases, the local authorities of Tangier are taking the measure of the situation. Restrictions on movement in the city have been tightened, with the closure of several neighborhoods and the deployment of the army.
It was predictable. The European Union has just decided to remove Morocco from the list of safe countries in the Schengen area. This decision follows the increase in coronavirus cases in the country.
The government is preparing to execute the program contract (CP) for tourism. This will relaunch the tourism sector, which has been severely affected by the health crisis related to Covid-19.
The speed at which the epidemiological situation is evolving in Morocco with hundreds of infections every day is worrying the authorities. The Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani, believes that it is necessary to raise the level of caution and vigilance.
Some 995 recoveries were recorded this Friday, August 7 in Morocco, bringing the total to 21,548 since the start of the epidemic in the country last March.
Covid-19 has infected 1,018 more people in the last 24 hours in Morocco, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health, bringing the total since the start of the coronavirus epidemic to 30,662.
Faced with the increasing number of infections, Morocco has decided to strengthen the existing legal arsenal. Thus, it has just introduced a fine of 300 dirhams against any citizen caught without his protective mask on public roads.
Spanish professionals in the berry sector are looking for labor, especially after the repatriation of 7,200 Moroccan seasonal workers a few weeks ago.
For a few days now, the city of Fez has been breaking all records in terms of Covid-19 infections, with an average of more than 200 cases per day.
The harvest of the first apples has started in Tarn-et-Garonne with a glaring lack of seasonal workers, all blocked in Morocco due to Covid-19.