
Morocco Closes Key Train Stations in Rabat and Salé Amid COVID-19 Measures
As of this Saturday, April 18, 2020, the Rabat Agdal and Salé Tabriquet stations are closed. The announcement was made by the National Railway Office (ONCF).

As of this Saturday, April 18, 2020, the Rabat Agdal and Salé Tabriquet stations are closed. The announcement was made by the National Railway Office (ONCF).

The police arrested a Saudi national on Monday in Khouribga. He is accused of violating the measure prohibiting travel between cities in the kingdom during this confinement period.

Faced with the rapid spread of coronavirus, Morocco is now banning travel between cities.

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic that is hitting Morocco hard, the Council of Government will meet on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Rabat to adopt budget cuts.

Two judges from the Court of Auditors, tested positive for covid-19, and being treated at the Moulay Abdellah Hospital in Salé, would have been discreetly transferred to the Cheikh Zayed Hospital in Rabat.

While the coronavirus pandemic has created an anxious and uncertain atmosphere around the world, it has at least brought about an unprecedented chain of solidarity.

The administrative court of Rabat , in a decision handed down on Tuesday, March 30, dismissed the appeal of two Moroccans stranded in Algeciras against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Directorate of National Security.

The private health sector is feeling the effects of the lockdown declared by the Moroccan authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus. As proof, professionals say that the activity of private clinics and offices in Rabat has dropped by more than 80%.

The inhabitants of the medina of Rabat are clearly respecting the lockdown, a measure taken by the Moroccan authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the kingdom.

Even though the state of health emergency has led to the closure of several establishments open to the public like the Rabat Zoological Garden, the well-being of the animals has been taken into account through a health monitoring carried out by the veterinary and zootechnical staff of the establishment.

The Diamond League has postponed the Rabat meeting, scheduled for late May, due to the coronavirus pandemic. This postponement comes after those of Naples and Stockholm.

Morocco, by adopting the treatment protocol for covid-19 patients based on chloroquine, has cured the first patient treated in Rabat.