Even though the Ministry of Health continues to issue press releases to deny the existence of the coronavirus in the Kingdom, and reassure Moroccans that measures have been taken to protect them from this epidemic, social networks are creating confusion through the dissemination of false alerts.
Travelers from regions affected by the Coronavirus epidemic to Morocco are "subject to medical control". These are the assurances given by the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Otmani , on Thursday in Rabat, stressing that all necessary precautions have been taken, in accordance with international standards of surveillance and monitoring in the event of an epidemic.
The port of Tanger-Med is taking steps to detect any potential case of coronavirus at an early stage. The prevention program of preventive measures takes into account ships coming from countries that have confirmed being affected by the virus.
In order to protect Moroccan students in China from the Coronavirus epidemic, the Moroccan authorities have taken the necessary measures for their repatriation. According to the information available to the Arabic-language site Hespress.com , the return of these Moroccan students, estimated at more than 100, will begin this Thursday. They will be isolated, as a precautionary measure, in Meknes and Rabat, for about twenty days.
The Ministry of Health, in a statement, indicated that no coronavirus contamination has been recorded so far in Morocco. The three suspected cases detected were only suffering from seasonal flu.
The Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca has tightened its preventive measures for the detection of any case of coronavirus, particularly among passengers arriving from China.
Since January 17, 2020, the veterinary services of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) have been conducting a booster vaccination campaign for cattle against foot-and-mouth disease.
Rachida, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE), says she was a victim of racism from a nurse who made her undergo an examination at the radiology department of the Sint-Franciscus hospital in Heusden-Zolder, Limburg, Belgium, on Friday, January 24. She had a sprained big toe.
The medical team of the Mohamed V hospital in Al Hoceima has just operated on a woman in her sixties, suffering from total urethral lithiasis, due to a former cancerous bladder tumor.
The South African, Aspen Pharmacare, has just announced its intention to set up a factory in Morocco .
Contrary to the information disseminated in public opinion, no suspected case of coronavirus has been detected at the Mohammed V hospital in Chefchaouen . This is, at least, what Khaled Amal, the regional delegate of the Ministry of Health, confirmed.
King Mohammed VI ordered, during a working session, the repatriation to Morocco of the hundred Moroccans stranded in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Coronavirus virus.