Morocco Tightens Enforcement of COVID-19 Lockdown in Hardest-Hit Regions

The regions concerned are the most affected on the map of the distribution of cases of people tested positive. This is the epicenter of covid-19 in Morocco, Casablanca-Settat (241 cases), followed by Marrakech-Safi (139), Fès-Meknès (121) and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (148).

Among the priority measures to be respected to prevent the spread of covid-19 are home confinement and the ban on inter-city transport.

To date, nearly 5,000 people are being prosecuted for non-compliance with the rules of the health state of emergency, declared from March 20 to April 20.