Moroccans eager to get out of confinement will still have to be patient. The head of government announced on Monday that "the deconfinement process will be initiated as soon as the epidemiological and logistical conditions are met," while reassuring that "preparations are underway."
The Moroccan government is about to announce a third lockdown period. This new extension of the state of health emergency could last two weeks instead of the 4 weeks initially planned.
Ten farmers were arrested in the province of El Kelaa des Sraghna by the prefectural authorities. They are accused of having irrigated crops with wastewater. An investigation has been opened under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to elucidate this case.
Studies conducted in several countries have confirmed the presence of traces of the coronavirus genome in wastewater from the stools of infected people. In a note addressed to the walis and governors, the Ministry of the Interior warns against the non-regulatory use of wastewater and the resulting risks of contamination.
Clothing professionals, in a letter addressed to the Ministry of the Interior, pleaded for the reopening of stores in order to save the sector from an unprecedented disaster. Retailers and franchisees are in the same dynamic.
Employees have demanded that their employers put them on technical unemployment in order to receive the 2,000 dirhams allowance granted to a category of employees through the Special Fund for the Management of covid-19.
The Ministry of the Interior is after unscrupulous individuals who are taking advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to collect humanitarian aid.
The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, has instructed the governors to tighten the issuance of travel authorizations. This will limit the movement of citizens between cities.
The ban on all night-time movements, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., from the 1st of Ramadan, came into effect on Saturday, April 25, 2020. This decision by the Ministry of the Interior is part of the strengthening of the measures of the state of health emergency during the holy month.
The mobile application that allows tracking the movements of citizens during this confinement period is causing distrust of MP Omar Balafrej, who on Wednesday sent a written question to the Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit. Pending the minister’s response, the National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection (CNDP) has provided more details on this measure.
The Ministry of the Interior has just announced the ban on all night-time travel, from 7pm to 5am, starting from the 1st of Ramadan, that is this Saturday, April 25.
The Moroccan Ministry of the Interior has banned the use of "disinfection passages" due to the still unknown health risks to citizens.