Morocco Closes Pharmacies as COVID-19 Spreads Among Staff, Sparking Industry Backlash

The National Federation of Pharmacists’ Unions of Morocco has spoken out to denounce this decision by the supervisory authority. It therefore sent a letter last Wednesday to the Minister of the Interior, requesting that he order the reopening of the closed pharmacies, in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Indeed, Law 04-17, considered as the code of medicines and pharmacists, stipulates in its articles 110, 123, 126 and 127 "that in case of incapacity of the pharmacist to practice his profession for reasons of illness, he is replaced by a pharmacist on duty during the duration of his convalescence", reports Le Matin, which points out that "the law is clear and does not mention in any circumstance the closure of the pharmacy, given the disruption that such an action can cause to the continuity of the health service".