1,565 coronavirus infections were recorded this Saturday, August 22 in Morocco, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases to 50,812 since last March.
A young Moroccan is currently between life and death in Melilla, where he has been hospitalized since Sunday. Without papers, the local authorities had denied him access to the care he needed.
The epidemiological situation in Morocco is worrying, to the point of suggesting a new total confinement. No decision has been made in this direction, denies the government, which does not rule out, however, the option of local reconfinement to deal with the pandemic.
A new outbreak of infections was discovered on Friday, August 21 in the packaging plant of the company Nature Growers in Aït Melloul, south of Agadir. More than 160 cases of infection have been recorded.
Sad record in Morocco. The new coronavirus has killed 42 people in the last 24 hours in the country, the highest figure since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country.
In Casablanca, health centers are experiencing a real blood shortage; donors are scarce. Faced with this worrying situation, the CRTS management is starting to set up mobile blood donation units to encourage citizens to act generously.
Morocco is participating in the clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Khalid Aït Taleb on Thursday in Rabat during the ceremony to sign two cooperation agreements between Morocco and the Chinese laboratory "Sinopharm CNBG" (China National Biotec Group Company Limited).
The new coronavirus (Covid-19) has infected 1,609 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 49,247.
China expresses its willingness to support Morocco in the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic, as well as in its efforts to resume production.
In Tangier, some private sector companies refuse to subject their employees to coronavirus screening tests due to their high cost. And yet, the health authorities require these tests each time new positive cases are recorded among the staff of these companies.
The Dutch model of Moroccan origin, Touriya Haoud , has recounted an episode that almost cost her her life. She talks about it at length in an interview.
Of the 13,994 patients cared for in Moroccan hospitals or at home, 201 people are in serious condition, including 59 under artificial respiration.