The people of Tangier are struggling with the lockdown, especially the restrictive measures recently imposed by the authorities during this period of a surge in Covid-19 cases.
The epidemiological situation in the cities of Fez, Tangier, Marrakech and Casablanca is worrying. The cases of Covid-19 contamination have been multiplying in recent days.
An individual was arrested on Monday a few hours after robbing a business in the Aida Village residential complex in Tangier . The stolen loot is estimated at 140,000 dirhams in addition to phone recharge cards.
The French motorhome enthusiasts who had been stranded in Mauritania for more than three months due to the closure of the Moroccan border have finally been able to return to their country.
The passengers of a ship from Genoa heading to Tanger Med were seized with panic last Sunday, upon the announcement of a case of Covid-19 contamination.
The increase in coronavirus infections has led to the cessation of activities at Tanger Free Zone. Industrialists have unanimously decided to suspend their activities until August 12.
Two individuals forced a peace officer to use his weapon to immobilize the vehicle they were using to cause trouble on the public highway. The incident occurred on Friday evening in Tangier and resulted in the arrest of the defendants.
A Royal Navy coast guard on a maritime patrol mission intercepted, on Saturday, 35 bales of cannabis resin exceeding 1,200 kilograms off Tangier. Subsequently, three individuals were arrested.
After the Mohamed VI hospital and the social security clinic, a new medical intensive care unit has been created at the Duc De Tovar hospital in Tangier , to increase the bed capacity dedicated to the treatment of critical cases of Covid-19 infection.
Faced with the surge in coronavirus contamination cases, the local authorities of Tangier are taking the measure of the situation. Restrictions on movement in the city have been tightened, with the closure of several neighborhoods and the deployment of the army.
The resurgence of new cases in Fez , Tangier-Assilah has led to the tightening of measures under the state of health emergency. The government will apply new restrictive measures in these two prefectures this Wednesday, August 5.
The fire that broke out in the Donabo park would have cost the life of a sub-Saharan migrant. The circumstances of this tragedy remain unclear.