
Military Medical Team Deployed to Bolster Marrakech Hospitals Amid COVID-19 Surge
Following the latest developments in the epidemiological situation in Marrakech, the Royal Armed Forces are providing support to the medical staff of the ochre city.

Following the latest developments in the epidemiological situation in Marrakech, the Royal Armed Forces are providing support to the medical staff of the ochre city.

Moroccan hospitals are struggling with the cases of contamination. To solve the problem and allow all patients to benefit from their right to quality care, the government has built field hospitals within certain health facilities.

Family visits to detainees in certain prisons have been suspended. This is a decision of the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), in connection with the development of the epidemiological situation in certain Moroccan prefectures and provinces.

The authorities of the Mohammed V Hospital in Casablanca have now entrusted the justice system with the file relating to a video of an act of corruption involving members of its medical staff.

While a race is underway globally to find an effective vaccine or treatment against the new coronavirus epidemic, an anti-mosquito product has been found to be effective in neutralizing the virus.

1,221 coronavirus infections were recorded on Thursday, August 27 in Morocco, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 57,085 since last March. Morocco has now exceeded 1,000 deaths.

The first 23 days of August have been trying for Morocco in terms of Covid-19 contamination. More than half of the total number of infections detected were recorded during this period.

Morocco recorded 2,293 new recoveries from Tuesday to Wednesday. The total number of remissions nationwide now stands at 40,586.

Access to the Béni Mezguelda nature park has been prohibited to visitors and residents of the region since Sunday. This is a decision by the provincial authorities of Ouezzane due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Following the appearance last Sunday in the Oulad Oujih district of Kénitra of some 60 confirmed cases of Covid-19 contamination, the authorities have taken new measures to curb the pandemic and raise awareness in certain neighborhoods of the city to the danger. The capital of Gharb could even be prohibited from movement and activity from 4 p.m.

Covid-19 has again infected 1,336 people in the last 24 hours in Morocco, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health, bringing the total since the start of the coronavirus epidemic to 55,864.

The Minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb, received a worrying report on the health situation in Marrakech. It is the result of the work carried out by an investigation commission set up by the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Otmani in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 contamination cases in the ochre city.