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Since Morocco decided to embark on the production of protective masks to combat the coronavirus epidemic, it has managed to produce a total of 160 million masks. And these "Made in Morocco" masks will soon land on the international market.
California restaurants have closed their doors to counter the spread of covid-19, except for that of Moroccan chef Waheed Toumadi. He decided to continue working in order to provide food to healthcare workers in public hospitals, who are working day and night to save victims of the coronavirus.
The number of work stoppage declarations registered on the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) portal is much higher than the number recorded in March. A situation that raises the specter of fraud, despite the tightening of eligibility criteria for the Special Anti-Covid-19 Fund.
After the end of the holidays, Morocco resumed distance learning on Monday, May 4th. In a press release, the Ministry of National Education specified that the lessons will still be broadcast via the television channels "Athaqafia TV", "Tamazight TV", "Laâyoune TV" and "Arryadia TV", as well as via the "TelmidTICE" portal and all the other channels used by the teachers.
The Delegate Ministry to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad is coming to the aid of MREs. It announced on Sunday the availability of a list of lawyer contacts for all Moroccan nationals living abroad who will respond, on a voluntary basis, to all their requests for legal assistance.
The Moroccan experience in the fight against coronavirus is the subject of two studies conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A first study compares all the MENA countries, including the kingdom, and the second is entirely devoted to the measures taken by Morocco in the face of covid-19.
A team of researchers from the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) in Marrakech has just taken an "important new step" in research on the characterization of the atmospheres of exoplanets. This is a study on the potential of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect and characterize the atmospheres of sub-Neptunian exoplanets of TOI-270.
An individual placed under medical supervision at the provincial hospital of Beni Mellal died on Sunday, May 3, according to the Beni Mellal police prefecture.
Unlike those who have sought to leave Morocco since the state of emergency was declared on March 20, Henry and Priscilla Sacramento, who came from Gibraltar, have chosen to self-isolate in Morocco. Without pressure and without any complaint, they have settled in their home in Tangier and are patiently waiting for the Moroccan authorities to announce the end of the confinement.
How are personalities from television and the cultural world getting through this lockdown period that has been in place since March 17? Arié Elmaleh, the lead actor in "Murders in Corrèze", responds.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy announced last Saturday that 34 investment projects carried by SMEs have been approved by the public-private selection committee. This was the result of a call for projects, called "Imtiaz-Technologies covid-19", launched by the Maroc PME Agency.
In a note on the monetary statistics for March 2020, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) indicates that bank credit increased, year-on-year, by 5.3%, after 4.2% in February. This development also covers an increase in loans to the non-financial sector of 6.4% in March against 4.9%.