
Morocco Bans Individual Mask Sales, Requires 10-Pack Distribution to Combat COVID-19
The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy has banned the retail sale of protective masks on Thursday.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy has banned the retail sale of protective masks on Thursday.

The Jewish community in Morocco is being hit hard by Covid-19. Already eleven deaths recorded. It is the death of a relative of the leader of the Labor Party Amir Peretz, which has brought the number to 11.

The Moroccan Ministry of Health has generalized chloroquine treatment for Covid-19 patients.

Three foreign nationals, 2 Belgians and a Spaniard, suspected of having contracted the coronavirus, were urgently taken to Moulay Youssef hospital in Casablanca last Wednesday.

Parents of students at the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) will not be exempt from third quarter fees, according to an email sent by the head of the Casablanca - Mohammedia Management Group.

The latest coronavirus report in Morocco shows 1,346 people tested positive, after the identification of 99 new cases.

Lockdown requires, Moroccans are now getting used to shopping online, and doing without the purchase of non-essential goods and services. What will become of these new habits adopted due to the restrictive measures imposed to fight covid-19?

According to the study "Coronavirus Pandemic: Major Impact on the Moroccan Community in Spain" conducted by the Think Tank Policy Center for the New South, the economic and health crisis will have detrimental consequences for the 812,412 Moroccan nationals living in Spain, in addition to the 250,000 naturalized since the year 2000.

A Moroccan student, repatriated from Wuhan following the spread of the coronavirus in the Hubei province, had the misfortune of contracting the virus in Morocco, after being infected by a close contact during the lockdown.

The general command of the Royal Gendarmerie has deployed gendarmes in the provinces not yet affected by the coronavirus, so that they can be patrolled. They have already arrested citizens who have violated the lockdown measures.

Since Monday, March 6, Morocco has been paying the Covid-19 allowance to beneficiaries registered on the Ramed list. The operation has experienced glitches, and people who have improperly benefited from the aid are being investigated.

Researcher at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, Lorena Stella Martini praises the proactive and "very strict" measures taken by Morocco to fight the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).