Closed until further notice, Moroccan borders will open exceptionally on Tuesday to welcome Renault Maroc executives via two flights from France and Romania. The news was confirmed by French group Avico.
A group of Moroccans, who was confined at a sports facility in Ceuta amid the coronavirus crisis, will be expelled from the autonomous city. The group was removed from the facility as part of the expulsion process, Ceuta Actualidad reported on Tuesday, quoting the government delegation. Earlier this the morning, Ceuta TV reported that the national police is carrying out the process and started by identifying the Moroccans who refused repatriation and were staying at the sports
24 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 7,556, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 148,023 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 202, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 4,841. The confirmed coronavirus cases in the
99 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Sunday and Monday, May 25, in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,532. In a daily press briefing, head of epidemiology department at the Health Ministry Mohamed Lyoubi said, Monday, that 85 of the new cases were in close contact with previously confirmed cases. The health official said that the number of recoveries has reached 4,774, with 71 new recoveries recorded in the last 24 hours. The
The first 190 Moroccans repatriated, Friday, from Ceuta have all tested negative for the coronavirus. They are currently quarantined in hotels, awaiting a second coronavirus test to rule out any infection. Gran noticia y alegría. Los primeros 190 ciudadanos marroquíes repatriados desde #Ceuta a #Marruecos el viernes han dado negativo en el test de #coronavirus. Seguirán en los hoteles y les harán un segundo test dentro de unos días — Sonia Moreno
Moroccans stranded in Ceuta have benefited from the third repatriation operation. Thirty-seven of them left the Spanish enclave on Sunday night, official source told Ceuta TV. They left around 1:00 am the Sidi Embarek mosque, where they were staying. They have been living in the mosque for two months after Morocco decided to close its borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. During the first repatriation operation, 190 Moroccans were brought home. On Saturday, 58 others were
As of Sunday, May 24, Morocco recorded 27 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid_19 infections in the country to 7,433. During the daily press briefing, the head of the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health Mohamed Lyoubi said that 23 of these new infections were in close contact with previously confirmed cases. One death was recorded during the last 24 hours. He is a patient suffering from several chronic diseases, Mohamed Lyoubi said. The total number
Observing Ramadan in the middle of a global health crisis was tiresome for many of us. It was even more so for the head of government Saadeddine El Othmani and his community manager who no longer know what day it is or what time zone we are in. On Sunday morning, Eid al Fitr, El Othmani tweeted on his official account, announcing that Moroccans should switch their clocks back to GMT+1 tonight, while it was actually scheduled for May 31. Did the community manager get caught in the
At least a hundred Moroccans stranded in Ceuta were expected to be repatriated on Saturday night. However, only 40 of them were able to cross the border. The list, which included the names of the would-be returnees, would have been full of irregularities, as some Moroccan nationals were not mentioned in it, well-informed sources told Yabiladi. About sixty nationals had to get off the buses that were to take them outside the enclave. «Some of them refused to go back to their
23 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,429, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 134,698 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 198, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 4,686. The confirmed coronavirus cases in