Faced with uncertainties related to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi authorities called on Tuesday, Muslims from all countries to suspend their Hajj preparations. Belgian news agency Belga recalls that earlier in March, the Wahhabi kingdom suspended the umra ritual to avoid the spread of the virus. This measure has raised concerns about the future of this great religious rite, which brings together millions of pilgrims from different countries each year. Quoted by Belga, Saudi
Director of Epidemiology at the ministry of Health, Mohamed El Youbi, denied on Tuesday reports on the acquisition by Morocco of 100,000 coronavirus testing kits from a South Korean firm. «These are fake news», El Youbi told MAP. Morocco does indeed receive testing kits from several countries, but the figure of 100.000 kits is «speculative», he pointed out. The number rejected by Lyoubi was, however,announced, Friday, by the Ministry of Finance. In an official
Ten new people have recovered from the new coronavirus, while 68 new confirmed cases have been registered in Morocco since yesterday. The Kingdom is also moving towards expanding the list of laboratories that can screen for Covid-19.
Having the EU-Morocco association agreement cover products originating from Western Sahara is a new challenge to Morocco. The decision was announced Tuesday through the Official Journal of the European Union.
Israeli media reported on Tuesday that two family members of the leader of the Israeli Labor Party, Amir Peretz, died in Morocco after contracting the coronavirus. In fact, Casablanca businessman and philanthropist Ari Peretz, 58, and his mother Simone Peretz, 75, died in a hospital in Casablanca, after being infected with the coronavirus. They have reportedly attended a wedding ceremony held earlier in March in Agadir. On Israeli television i24news, Amir Peretz said he called «Dr. Yael
Moroccan nationals top the list of naturalized foreigners in the European Union for the seventh consecutive year, according to data compiled by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). Out of the 672,270 people who obtained citizenship in one of the member states of the European Union in 2018, 67,156 were Moroccans.
Morocco’s Bank of Africa (BOA) announced, Monday, a 5% increase in its 2019 net income of 1.9 billion dirhams, Reuters reports. The banking group, previously known as BMCE Bank of Africa, said that this rise comes with an 11% return on equity (ROE) for this year and an 0.8% return on asset (ROA) ratio. According to the British news agency, which quotes a communiqué issued by the bank, BOA has recorded a 5% increase in its net banking income up to 13.9 billion dirhams. BOA also
Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam has canceled contract of former Moroccan footballer Abdelhak Nouri. According to Dutch newspaper Telegraaf, the club has taken this decision because a clause in the contract would have automatically extended it on July 1, under the same conditions. Meanwhile, discussions between Ajax and Nouri’s family are still ongoing to reach a financial settlement, two years after the club recognized its responsibility regarding the incident that left Nouri with
During a press briefing held in Rabat, public health official Mohamed Lyoubi also gave information regarding the fatality rate compared to other neighboring European countries, as well as the impact of the age factor and the chronic diseases which caused the death of 33 people so far.
Egyptian singer Enas Ezz Eldeen announced, Sunday evening, that she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a live broadcast on her Facebook page, she declared that she got infected with Covid-19 while on a trip to Morocco during which she attended an artistic ceremony on the occasion of International Women's Day, on March 8. «We were with an undeclared case who, upon arriving in Egypt, discovered his infection», she explains, without giving further details. According to
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