Moroccan Music Icon Abdelmounaim El Jamaï Dies at 73
27 June 2021
The Moroccan music world is in mourning. The artist-singer, Abdelmounaim El Jamaï, died on Sunday in Rabat after a long illness. He was 73 years old.
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Morocco Clarifies: Vaccine Pass Enables Domestic and International Travel
25 June 2021
Traveling throughout Morocco and even abroad is possible thanks to the vaccine pass issued after the two doses, the health authorities have just clarified following rumors (…)
Morocco Warns of Potential Covid-19 Surge as Preventive Measures Relax
25 June 2021
Morocco is not immune to a new wave of Covid-19 contamination, despite the improvement in the epidemiological situation and the decline in deaths and cases admitted to (…)
Moroccan Girl, 10, Receives Life-Saving Cancer Surgery in Spain After Crowdfunding Success
24 June 2021
A 10-year-old Moroccan girl, Israe, suffering from Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, was able to be operated on at the HM Nou Delfos hospital in Barcelona thanks to the (…)
Morocco Explores Local Covid-19 Vaccine Production to Boost Vaccination Efforts
24 June 2021
Like other countries, Morocco is facing a worrying delay in its vaccination campaign. To this end, the project of local production of vaccines against Covid-19 is increasingly (…)
Deadly ’Zombie Drug’ Flakka Claims First Victim in Morocco
23 June 2021
"Flakka", the "zombie drug" or "drug that drives you crazy", mainly produced in China, now seems to be present in [Morocco]. A first victim has already been recorded.
Moroccan Health Sector Resists Foreign Doctor Recruitment Plan
23 June 2021
Trade unions and professional organizations in the health sector do not agree with the supervisory ministry on the issue of recruiting foreign doctors into the national health (…)
Moroccan Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Rare Vision Loss Disease
22 June 2021
A new gene has been discovered by a team of Moroccan doctors. Its mutation is responsible for a new rare disease that can cause vision loss.
Morocco Reports 12% Spike in COVID-19 Cases, Health Official Urges Vigilance
22 June 2021
Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih, head of the communicable diseases division, says the infection rate has seen a significant increase (+12.05%). He calls for more vigilance to (…)
Morocco Cracks Down on Unauthorized Alterations to COVID Vaccination Passports
22 June 2021
Some practices of the managers of the printing houses in charge of printing the vaccination passport in different regions of Morocco are not to the liking of the Minister of (…)