As of Saturday, Morocco recorded 160 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 4,729. «Most of the new cases have been recorded respectively in Marrakech-Safi, Casablanca-Settat, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Fez-Meknes, Guelmin-Oued Noun and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra», said Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and infectious disease control department at the Ministry of Health, during the daily press briefing. In the
As of Friday afternoon, Morocco recorded 146 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 4,569. The number of recoveries rose to 1,083 with 99 new ones, while the number of fatalities rose to 171 cases. During the daily press briefing, the head of the epidemiology and fight against infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, Mohamed Lyoubi, said that the recovery rate stands at 23.7%. It is a positive point
Invited to a show Thursday evening on 2M, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said that «the pandemic is under control and the results are promising» in Morocco. «The Moroccan experience has been hailed internationally», he said. The «positive results» are part of «the protocol, based on chloroquine and azithromycin, used by Morocco since March 23 on infected patients», he added. He also stressed that «containment has reduced the spread of the
As of Thursday afternoon, Morocco recorded 102 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections to 4,423. «A significant proportion of these cases have been recorded in the Marrakech-Safi and Casablanca-Settat regions», said Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, during the daily press briefing. He added that the total number of people who tested negative for the virus since the
Russia this week unveiled a list of countries that would have asked for its help to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. According to Russia Today, a Russian official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 13 Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa would have asked Moscow for help in coping with the pandemic. «Concerning the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and Tunisia
More than 30 associations and organizations based both in Morocco and abroad have reacted, Wednesday, to controversy stirred by a bill on social media use in the Kingdom. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, they questioned the timing that «government has chosen to present this text». They said that they were «surprised at his bill that has been approved by the Council of Government», without being published by its general secretariat as provided for in article 78 of
During a meeting with the Committee of Interior, local and regional authorities, housing and city policy at the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit revealed that steps to repatriate Moroccans stranded in Ceuta and Melilla will be taken soon. «Our objective is to repatriate all stranded nationals as soon as possible and in good conditions», he said. Last week, behind closed doors, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Moroccans Living
After it was suggested that he could be a semi-aquatic creature in 2014, a recent study has revealed that Spinosaurus could actually swim. The theropod that lived in Morocco was perfectly equipped to prey under water.
British authorities are planning another repatriation operation, Saturday, to bring home British tourists stranded in Morocco because of the coronavirus travel ban. In a series of tweets, the UK’s ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly reported that these flights will be the «last» ones chartered by the UK to repatriate British nationals. «The embassy will not be organizing any more flights. Morocco's airspace is closed until at least May 31. So there will be no
King Mohammed VI and the king of Jordan Abduallah discussed, Wednesday, ways of coordinating efforts to counter the novel coronavirus, the Jordan Times reported. In a phone call, the two sovereigns highlighted the «importance of maintaining efforts to counter the humanitarian and economic ramifications of Covid-19, while also safeguarding the health and wellbeing of peoples», read a Royal Court statement. During the same call, King Abdullah said that he supports Morocco’s