British experts say that a cheap and available drug could save the lives of people with Covid-19. According to the BBC, Dexamethasone, which is a type of corticosteroid medication used to reduce inflammation in other conditions, «cuts the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators» and «by a fifth», for those on oxygen. A team from Oxford University compared the results of a trial that consisted of giving the drug to 2,000 Covid-19 patients. The findings
Unlike its recent positions, left-wing party Podemos wants Spain to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born during the Spanish occupation.
American global music corporation Universal Music Group is opening a new office in Morocco for the first time. The new Morocco office will be based in Casablanca and will be led by business development executive Serena Safieddine, who has already been working for UMG’s Middle East and North Africa division for more than a year. The Morocco office «will focus on A&R, creative and commercial partnerships and will develop initiatives alongside Universal Music France, where labels
The President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent King Mohammed VI a cable, «congratulating him on the successful surgery he underwent recently», Khaleej Times reports. «Sheikh Khalifa wished the Moroccan King continued good health and asked God Almighty to expedite his recovery and return him to good health and wellness», wrote the same source. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime
After Melilla, Ceuta, Algeria and Spain, Morocco is launching an air bridge with Turkey on Tuesday to repatriate Moroccans stranded there. According to sources within the Moroccan consulate in Istanbul, three Royal Air Maroc flights will leave the Istanbul Ataturk International Airport for Tetouan, carrying 300 Moroccans. «We have at least 3,000 people here, but these flights will be repatriating only the most vulnerable ones», Mohamed Ifriquine, consul general of Morocco in
36 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,921, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 438,852 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 212, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 7,880. The confirmed
92 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,885. During the same period, 63 new recoveries were recorded in the Kingdom, bringing the total number of people who recovered from Covid-19 to 7,828. The death toll stands at 212. 65 of the new cases were recorded in Kenitra, 10 in Marrakech, two in Safi, 5 in Casablanca, one case in Fez and 9 in Tétouan. 11 of the active cases are
While placing citizens at the heart of the State's strategy to stem the spread of the new coronavirus in Morocco, Abdelouafi Laftit managed to convey reassuring messages to Moroccans. The Interior Minister urged Moroccans to respect lockdown measures.
The 2020 Global Peace Index, conducted by the Institute for Economics and Peace, ranks Morocco 83rd after it was 90th in the previous edition. The Kingdom only gains one place in the MENA region, which remains, for the sixth consecutive year, the least peaceful region in the world.
On Sunday, the Algerian police prevented Moroccans stranded in Algeria from marching to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where they planned to observe a sit-in, Algerian TV channel Al Hayat and daily newspaper El Khabar report. The sit-in has reportedly been decided on after «the kingdom's ambassador» to Algiers «refused to receive protesters who demand their repatriation». The last repatriation operation carried out by the Moroccan Ministry of
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