
Morocco's CDG Group Offers 8,000 Beds to Support COVID-19 Response
The CDG Group is making more than 8,000 beds available to the Moroccan authorities as support in the fight against COVID-19.

The CDG Group is making more than 8,000 beds available to the Moroccan authorities as support in the fight against COVID-19.

The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) has granted companies with a turnover of 20 million dirhams (MDH) or more, the staggering or postponement of tax payment, due to the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on economic activity.

The president of the Socialist Parliamentary Group (USFP) of the House of Representatives, Amam Chokrane, addressed an oral question to the Minister of the Interior this Thursday. He wants to understand the reasons why, in videos that have circulated on social networks, we see law enforcement officers beating citizens who have not respected the confinement rules imposed by the state of health emergency in Morocco.

Orange Morocco is taking care of the accommodation of the medical staff of the Ibn Rochd University Hospital as well as the Moulay Youssef Hospital in hotels in Casablanca.

The confinement due to the restrictions imposed by the management of the coronavirus forces players to train remotely. This type of training struggles to prove its effectiveness.

In order to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the prefecture of Salé, the authorities have started an operation to disinfect gas cylinders. It is part of a series of preventive measures including the disinfection of streets, transport and public spaces.

Part of the Covid-19 Fund has been used to finance the purchase of 1,000 new intensive care beds and 550 ventilators for a total amount of 2 billion dirhams.

Morocco, by adopting the treatment protocol for covid-19 patients based on chloroquine, has cured the first patient treated in Rabat.

Moroccan students who were hoping for a white year due to the coronavirus epidemic will be disappointed. The Ministry of National Education has just denied these rumors.

Employees declared to the CNSS, on temporary work stoppage due to coronavirus , will receive an allowance of 2,000 DH. This measure was taken and announced by the economic monitoring committee.

The European Union contributed 450 million euros to the Special Covid-19 Fund, created on the instructions of King Mohammed VI , this Friday.

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, King Mohammed VI has instructed the government council to strengthen the absorption capacity of intensive care services in hospitals. A total of 3,000 additional intensive care beds will be set up.