The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) is once again extending the monthly lump-sum allowance for the benefit of employees in the tourism sector, private nurseries, the cultural and creative industries sector, and private sports halls.
The Ministry of the Interior intends to crack down to avoid an epidemiological relapse. Following the instructions of the minister last week, calling on prefects and law enforcement to tighten controls, the police are multiplying patrols to enforce preventive measures. An awareness-raising session is planned in Casablanca where contamination is dangerously increasing.
The Indian (Delta) variant of Covid-19 has been raging in Morocco for a few weeks. The Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb, says that dozens of cases have been recorded in four regions of the kingdom. He once again warns Moroccans against a tightening of health measures.
A short-lived victory for the monitoring team, the outbreaks of the Indian Delta variant, recorded in Casablanca and Kénitra , would have been brought under control. This, thanks to the proactivity of all the specialists and the Ministry of the Interior, who once again call for not letting down the barrier measures.
Morocco received an additional one million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. This will allow the kingdom to resume the administration of the first dose.
The Covid-19 reproduction rate has crossed the 1 bar and is unfortunately progressing in recent days. This, despite numerous calls to respect preventive measures. The data show a progression of 1.3 at the national level during the last two weeks (June 22/July 05).
Morocco is preparing to extend the state of health emergency until August 10, 2021. The decision will be made official during the government council on Thursday, July 8.
In this context of the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco is determined to secure its territory during Eid al-Adha and the electoral deadlines. In this sense, the services of the Ministry of the Interior, the national police, civil protection, the Royal Gendarmerie and the auxiliary forces have developed a comprehensive plan.
The Delta variant , known to be highly contagious, is present on the national territory. "It will become dominant in a few weeks," according to the director of the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Azeddine Ibrahimi.
The Council of Government could decide, at its session on Thursday, July 8, to extend the duration of the state of health emergency in Morocco. Several other files are on the agenda of this weekly meeting.
Morocco has updated the A and B lists it has established as part of the reopening of its airspace. Russia, Egypt and Tunisia, which were on list A, are now on list B. The new conditions for accessing Moroccan territory will come into effect from Tuesday, July 6 at midnight.
Morocco has updated its list A, which includes all countries with positive indicators regarding the control of the epidemiological situation, particularly the spread of virus variants. New countries such as Libya, Turkey and Qatar are now on this list.