The local authorities of the Wilaya of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region have announced the ban on any gathering or assembly on public roads. This clarification follows calls published on social networks inviting the population to a protest march next Sunday in Rabat.
How to promote circulation between EU Member States during the summer tourist season? The issue is debated within the institution. This Tuesday, negotiations on the European health certificate resume with, face to face, MEPs and representatives of the Member States who struggle to agree.
Food safety would be in danger in Casablanca. A well-organized gang would be behind the flow of unfit food products for consumption. Biscuits, candies, chips would be stored to then be poured into the rural markets of Casablanca.
The epidemiological situation is stabilizing day by day in Morocco. This is what Professor Azeddine Ibrahimi declared this Monday in a post on his Facebook page, stating that the requirement of the vaccination certificate will contribute to it even more.
A new miniaturized portable device to detect Covid in 20 seconds. This is the result of research by scientists from the "Digitization & Intelligent Micro-Electronic Devices" center of the MAScIR Foundation, under Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Designed to provide results on a smartphone, the test has several advantages, including the absence of reagents for its realization.
Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in the Moroccan public sector will launch a major protest movement in all health facilities in the Kingdom. They announce a 48-hour strike, a sit-in and a march as well as other protest actions. Hostilities will be launched on Tuesday, May 25, the 10th anniversary of the historic march of dignity that took place in 2011.
The technical and scientific committee held a meeting on Monday, May 17 to analyze the epidemiological situation in Morocco . Its members say they are in favor of easing internal restrictive measures, as "the indicators are not worrying". However, they call on the government to be extremely vigilant about the reopening of borders.
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday, May 16, that the vaccination campaign is being extended to people aged between 45 and 50 years old. A decision that comes just after Morocco received 650,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of the Covax program.
Morocco received an additional 650,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday, May 15, 2021. This will give a boost to the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus.
The United States has decided to temporarily lift intellectual property rights on the Covid vaccine. A decision to remove patent protections welcomed by Moroccan scientists and organizations that will help poor countries get vaccinated. But resistance is still observed in the ranks of some lobbies.
Births in Morocco during the year 2020 have dropped sharply. The number of newborns has fallen by around 100,000 compared to 2019, a drop of 4%. The Covid-19 pandemic is cited as a factor generating the lack of desire to have children.
Morocco has taken giant steps in the race to immunize its population against Covid-19. In the kingdom, 6 million people have already received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Significant figures in the current context marked by frequent shortages of vaccine doses.