While the entire population is confined to their homes following the state of emergency imposed by the Moroccan government to curb the coronavirus epidemic, two Algerian nationals found themselves on the street for failing to pay their water and electricity bills.
The US government has just announced that it has released the sum of 6.6 million dirhams for the special COVID-19 fund created by King Mohammed VI.
At a time when theses are clashing on the effectiveness of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, the Moroccan Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday that the decision to use these two drugs to treat people infected with the coronavirus is a "sovereign decision" taken in agreement with the Technical and Scientific Committee of the National Program for the Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Diseases.
The large number of deaths recorded among the Muslim community in the Catalan region has led to a reduction in available burial plots in the cemeteries.
Morocco has never cured five coronavirus cases thanks to chloroquine, according to information reported by Le Monde.
A wealthy landowner in Tangier has made ten of his apartments available to the homeless during the confinement period.
Steeve and his little family left their commune of Saint-Sever-de-Rustan in the Hautes-Pyrénées on March 4 for a vacation in Morocco and Spain. This was without counting on the setbacks of the health crisis related to the spread of the coronavirus.
The age groups most affected by the coronavirus are people over 51 years of age, as well as those aged between 40 and 65 years. Indeed, these age groups show the highest percentages of deaths due to the pandemic.
A group of Tunisians is still blocked in Rabat due to the closure of Casablanca airport. These Tunisians are left to their own devices, without the support of the Tunisian embassy in Morocco.
Like many countries, Morocco, through its Ministry of Health, has decided to monopolize the use of medicines used in the treatment of coronavirus. This is not without consequences for certain categories of patients.
Not all French people left Morocco after the announcement of the first case of coronavirus contamination. Some have decided to stay and face, like the Moroccans, the coronavirus pandemic.
It is a lean period for workers without contracts and without social protection in the Maghreb. Whether in Morocco, Algeria or Tunisia, these workers hope for a rapid end to the crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic to regain their smile.