Delta Variant Concerns Rise as Moroccan Expatriates Return Home

As a nerve center in the system of care and PCR screening for Moroccans living abroad, the Casablanca hospital is on permanent alert to prevent any surge in the country’s epidemiological situation, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.

According to the newspaper, a large system has been put in place to care for patients with mild symptoms requiring isolation, and others in more serious conditions requiring care in the intensive care unit. But there is even more worrying.

These new cases of infection were detected either during the PCR screening carried out on their arrival in Morocco, or after they developed symptoms of infection, during their ten-day isolation period, imposed on travelers from countries on the B list.

In this context, the doctors on site seem to suspect cases of infection by the Delta variant, especially since several infected patients have arrived from countries where this strain is dominant.

For now, the care of these patients is done without distinction of the nature of the variant with which they were infected. Because the doctors point out that "the necessary analyzes to determine the nature of the virus are expensive and are not done systematically".