A group of 28 South Africans, stranded for nine weeks in Morocco due to the coronavirus crisis, has finally been brought back home. The plane that flew for 20 hours landed, Sunday, at the O.R. Tambo International Airport, South Africa's biggest airport. The flight carried 74 South Africans, including 28 stuck in Morocco, 17 from Ivory Coast, 10 from Burkina Faso, 12 from Mauritania and seven from the Congo, News24 reported. «I cannot explain what it was like to land in each
60 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,930, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 87,665 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 192, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 3,732. The confirmed coronavirus cases in the
On Sunday, local media in Ceuta reported an «imminent» start of the repatriation operation of Moroccans stranded in the city since March. «The repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Ceuta will begin this afternoon. Moroccans will leave the city in stages, between today and Tuesday», Ceuta Actualidad wrote this Sunday. El Faro de Ceuta even said that a fleet of several buses would head towards the city, adding that two hotels in Tamouda Bay would be open to receive
The repatriation operation that brought Moroccans stranded in Melilla home was allegedly marked by irregularities. It did not include the poorest members of the Moroccan communities who are still stranded on the other side of the border.
One of the Moroccans stranded in Melilla and repatriated on Friday tested positive for Covid-19. Others who tested negative will be tested again in a few days to rule out any infection.
As of Sunday, May 17, 129 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Morocco, resulting in 6,870 total infected cases since the start of the pandemic. In relative terms, there are currently 19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, said Mohamed Lyoubi, head the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health, during a daily press. The majority of these new cases were located in the Casablanca-Settat region, and specifically in the city of Casablanca, he pursued, explaining that three
The government of India has authorized the export of a batch of hydroxychloroquine to Morocco amid the global health crisis. According to a statement sent Saturday to Yabiladi by the Indian embassy in Rabat, the shipment is intended to the Health Ministry in the Kingdom and includes 6 million tablets of hydroxychloroquine sulfate. Manufactured by Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company IPCA Laboratories, the shipment is expected to arrive this weekend. According to the same source, the deal is
When he was a medical student in Paris, Rachid Saïdi ended up in the hotel industry, distinguishing himself in this sector. Today, his hotels host and fully support Moroccans stranded in France since the introduction of the sanitary measures linked to the coronavirus.
As of Saturday, May 16, Morocco recorded 89 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,741. More than half of these cases were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, while the rest were located in Marrakech-Safi and Fez-Meknes, Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health, said. These five regions (Rabat-Kenitra, Souss-Massa, Guelmin-Oued Noun, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued
Moroccans stranded in Ceuta since the border closed on March 13 will be able to return to their country «before the end of Ramadan», which is next weekend. The declaration was made Saturday, by local association «Residents of Ceuta» citing Moroccan customs sources. Abdelmalik Mohamed, president of the association quoted by El Faro de Ceuta, explains that the Moroccan authorities are awaiting the final details of the operation that will be set up to allow the