Morocco Updates COVID-19 Protocols as Deaths Rise, Health Ministry Reports
8 September 2020
The increase in deaths due to the coronavirus has led the Ministry of Health to update the patient management protocol and revise the therapeutic protocol.
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Morocco Launches Domestic COVID-19 Test Kit Production, Aims for 1 Million Monthly
4 September 2020
The 100% Moroccan Coronavirus diagnostic kit is now available. The Moldiag research and development center created by the MAScIR Foundation, which is the depositary, has (…)
Morocco Shifts to Written COVID-19 Updates, Reduces Press Conferences
3 September 2020
As of this Thursday, September 3, the update on the epidemiological situation in Morocco regarding the Covid-19 pandemic will be done in writing, in Arabic and French. The (…)
Morocco Reports Decline in COVID-19 Reproduction Rate as Cases Drop
3 September 2020
In its weekly statement on the epidemiological situation, both in Morocco and internationally, the Ministry of Health indicated on Tuesday that the virus reproduction rate has (…)
Morocco Begins Clinical Trials for Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine with 600 Volunteers
1 September 2020
600 Moroccans have volunteered to participate in the clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine, which will take place at the university hospitals of Rabat and Casablanca as well (…)
Marrakech Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID-19 Cases Surge, Exhausting Medical Staff
1 September 2020
The number of patients due to the coronavirus in the city of Marrakech continues to flood the hospitals to the point of exhausting the medical staff.
Morocco Grapples with Waste Management for Home-Treated COVID-19 Patients
28 August 2020
Since August 5, Morocco has strengthened the protocol for the care of Covid-19 patients, by allowing the home treatment of asymptomatic cases. While this helps to decongest the (…)
Casablanca Hospital Corruption Probe: Video Sparks Investigation into Alleged Bribery
28 August 2020
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 (…)
Health Officials Balk at Minister’s Call for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participation
28 August 2020
The call launched by the Minister of Health to the executives of the sector, asking them to participate in the clinical trials on the Covid-19 vaccine, is troubling the good (…)
Marrakech Opens 100-Bed Field Hospital for Severe COVID-19 Cases
27 August 2020
The large tent set up within the Ibn Tofail hospital can now accommodate serious cases of Covid-19 contamination. It includes 100 beds equipped with oxygen.