
Morocco Emerges as Potential Economic Leader in Post-COVID Africa
The French magazine Le Point has woven laurels for Morocco for the efforts made to manage the health crisis related to Covid-19 and revive its economy.

The French magazine Le Point has woven laurels for Morocco for the efforts made to manage the health crisis related to Covid-19 and revive its economy.

Following the many cases of Covid-19 contamination recorded in a red fruit packaging unit in Lalla Mimouna, not far from Kénitra , the Moroccan Interprofessional Federation of Red Fruits (Interproberries Maroc) provides clarification.

Morocco has big dreams for the digital sector, which has shown all its importance in these times of Covid-19. The kingdom intends to attract 10 billion dirhams in foreign investment and create more than 120,000 jobs.

Two specifications reflect the main decisions relating to the management of transport in the perspective of the end of confinement and the gradual resumption in this sector.

The coronavirus toll is worsening in Morocco. Two new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 216 since the beginning of the epidemic. 563 new cases were also recorded during the last 24 hours until Wednesday, June 24 at 5 p.m., bringing the total to 10,907.

A cluster of 92 cases of contamination has been detected at the Renault plant in Tangier as part of a COVID-19 screening campaign launched by the automotive group.

Summer vacation camps are canceled in Morocco due to the health situation related to the coronavirus. This is the decision of the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous.

Coronavirus cases in Morocco are increasing sharply. In the last 24 hours, some 563 new infections have been recorded in the kingdom, bringing the total to 10,907 since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic.

The operation had been expected for several weeks. A first group of Moroccans stranded in Belgium was repatriated to Morocco on Tuesday. They landed at Agadir airport before being transferred to a hotel for quarantine.

In three months of lockdown in Morocco, the poultry sector has lost a total of about 3 billion dirhams. These are the results of an ongoing study on the sector, revealed by the director of the Interprofessional Federation of the Poultry Sector (FISA), Chaouki Jerrari.

Morocco is now among the countries that have made the most efforts in terms of covid-19 testing, ranking 39th in the global top 40.

172 Covid-19 infections were recorded on Tuesday, June 23 in Morocco, according to the Minister of Health. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 10,344 people have been affected in the Kingdom.