Morocco Weighs New COVID-19 Strategies as Cases Surge, Expert Says

The specialist believes that Morocco could opt for the "flexible general confinement" strategy with the resulting socio-economic impacts or the "disciplinary approach" towards health instructions. According to him, the time has come to implement a new strategy based on the scientific approach.

This professor of biotechnology explained to the MAP that such an approach is based on an in-depth analysis of the health situation (contaminations, lethality, cases in intensive care, outbreaks) and the definition of specific and global objectives. For him, a flexible general confinement remains a probable option to achieve the set objectives.

The expert also looked at the current state of the pandemic. He noted that the virus is spreading rapidly and that the number of reported cases of contamination in the kingdom is constantly increasing. "A situation that we did not expect in the most pessimistic scenarios," he deplored.

"If nothing changes, we risk having about 2,000 patients in intensive care in mid-November, which represents almost the entire intensive care capacity," warned Mr. Ibrahimi.