The health crisis related to covid-19 has severely affected the cultural sector and its players in Morocco . Massoud Bouhssine, president of the Moroccan Union of Theater Professionals, deplores the government’s inaction in the face of their precarious situation.
Moroccan economist and academic Najib Akesbi stated that despite the negative consequences, the coronavirus pandemic offers an opportunity for policymakers to make some bold and essential reforms. This was during a videoconference organized by the Association for Development and Citizenship of Marrakech.
The Minister of Health has sent a circular to all services under his supervision and recommends that patients whose clinical condition is favorable be sent home for home confinement. This is a decision of the scientific committee that comes following the constant changes in the epidemiological situation in Morocco.
In total, 105 Senegalese transporters are stuck in Dakhla in the middle of the desert in the south of the Sahara due to the closure of borders by the Mauritanian authorities.
Construction sites will gradually resume in Morocco. The issue was on the agenda of a meeting between the Minister of National Land Use Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy , and the Al Omrane Group. The restart is subject to compliance with preventive health measures against the covid-19 pandemic.
Morocco recorded 45 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The kingdom now has 7,532 cases.
Cinema operators in Morocco wish to resume operations after deconfinement. They expressed this to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaouss, during a meeting.
While the border between Morocco and Spain is closed due to covid-19, Moroccan drug traffickers have found other alternative routes to transport cannabis to Europe.
After a long wait, the French blocked in Morocco can finally return to France or Spain. Trips are planned by ferry for these tourists and expatriates according to a well-defined program.
Widespread testing in Morocco has uncovered many cases that would have gone unnoticed. According to the Ministry of Health, the majority of detected cases are asymptomatic, as they do not show any signs of the disease.
Morocco recorded 99 new infections with the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health. The kingdom now has 7,532 cases.
A new death was recorded in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of deaths to 200 cases. The fatality rate is now 2.67% in Morocco since the start of the health crisis.