
Morocco's Health Ministry: Coronavirus Response Plan 'Perfectly Adapted'
The national plan for monitoring and responding to the corona virus remains perfectly adapted to the situation. This is the assurance given by the Ministry of Health.

The national plan for monitoring and responding to the corona virus remains perfectly adapted to the situation. This is the assurance given by the Ministry of Health.

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 Ministry of Health has formally denied the content of a video that went viral on social media, in which a woman claims that the first suspected case of coronavirus has been detected in a Chinese restaurant in Fez .

The Ministry of Health is shaken by a major corruption case involving defective equipment, acquired at exorbitant prices. The fraud file was revealed following a denunciation by the Moroccan network for the defense of the right to health and the right to life.

The probability is low that the Corona virus, which has been raging in China since mid-December, will be introduced in Morocco . But the risk does exist.

In response to the requests and concerns of the population about the appearance of the epidemic related to the coronavirus in China, the Ministry of Health is reassuring.

In its latest epidemiological bulletin, the Ministry of Health has sounded the alarm on the flu epidemic, now well established in Morocco. It particularly affects people aged 25 to 59 and 15 to 24, who, according to the ministry, represent the highest proportions, respectively with 29.2 and 21.6%.

A new decision on the price reduction of more than a hundred medicines, taken jointly by the Ministry of Health and pharmaceutical operators, has just been published in the Official Bulletin.

The Moulay Ismail hospital in Kasbat Tadla was stormed by members of a family last Friday, following the announcement of the death of their relative by the medical staff.

Patients suffering from thyroid disorders now have a toll-free number to obtain the Levothyrox medication. This drug, used to treat thyroid disorders, is currently difficult to find in Moroccan pharmacies.

The Ministry of Health has launched an initiative aimed at providing free treatment for children under the age of five with cancer, in public health and hospital facilities.

The Ministry of Health no longer has a control device for five years due to the lack of adherence of civil servants and the weakness of skills in the field of computer applications. This is revealed in a report on the ineffectiveness of the internal control of the department.