Private sector doctors are being called upon to put their skills at the service of the fight against the common enemy, the coronavirus. Mohammadin Boubekri, President of the National Order of Physicians of Morocco, called on them on Monday to show patriotism and sacrifice for the good of all.
The Sanofi antimalarial drug, chloroquine, has just been proposed to the Ministry of Health by a team of 4 doctors, accompanied by the staff in charge of quarantine services at the Moulay Youssef hospital in Casablanca , as part of the recommended therapeutic protocols for the treatment of the Coronavirus disease.
The number of people tested positive in Morocco has now reached 143 after the identification of 28 new cases on Monday.
A third person recovered from coronavirus. The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday, March 21 the news, stating that the patient has already left the hospital and is in perfect health.
Morocco recorded 18 new positive cases on Sunday, bringing the day’s total to 115 infected patients.
A coronavirus patient in Meknes has sent a message of awareness about the epidemic to the population.
A press release from the Ministry of Health reports a case diagnosed positive for coronavirus post-mortem of a Moroccan citizen suffering from a serious illness.
Two million masks have been intercepted by the Moroccan customs , and their release on the local market has been ordered. The masks were intended for export.
Morocco is on the verge of crossing the 100-case mark with 10 new infected patients reported this Saturday, March 21.
In the eyes of the Moroccan authorities, chloroquine could be a cure for the coronavirus. The Ministry of Health has purchased stocks of nivaquine, an antimalarial drug based on chloroquine, produced by the French group, Sanofi, in its Casablanca factories.
Morocco recorded, in the night from Friday 20 to Saturday 21 March, seven new cases of coronavirus, thus bringing the toll to 86 positive cases.
Morocco is in a state of health emergency as of this Friday. The announcement was made during a joint press conference, led by the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, and the Minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb.