Moroccans have spent a lot of money on their mental well-being. Deliveries of antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics have increased due to the pandemic.
What do Moroccans think of the border closures decided by the authorities as part of the fight against the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic? This is the subject of a survey just conducted by the Sunergia group.
About ten people, including two minors, were arrested for their involvement in clashes between ultra-fans of football clubs that took place in recent days in Casablanca.
Faced with the many pressures calling for the reopening of borders, Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch reacted, stating that this measure will take place depending on the epidemiological evolution in the country and in the world.
Moroccans have asked the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs to restore copies of the Quran in mosques, which were removed as part of measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.
After almost two years of health crisis, the tourism sector in Marrakech is at a standstill. In the absence of tourists, shops, restaurants and hotels in the ochre city are closing one after the other.
The current Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, was transferred late Tuesday night to the military hospital in Rabat for complications related to his Covid-19 infection.
The Moroccan authorities are keeping their airspace closed to regular flights, but are allowing the landing of private planes. However, you have to be willing to pay the price.
The Ministry of Tourism has announced an emergency plan costing a total of two billion dirhams to give a boost to the sector. This financing will allow the deferral of social security contributions, the state’s coverage of the professional tax and the renewal of lump-sum allowances.
Private jets carrying passengers from European cities would manage to enter Morocco, despite the closure of air borders. A thriving business for the organizers of these flights.
A few days before the expiration date of the border closure, the situation remains unclear regarding the extension or not of this measure. Attention is focused on the Minister of Health who, apparently, is opposed to it.
From January 10 to 15, the number of Covid-19 cases in Moroccan schools has skyrocketed, leading to the closure of 130 schools, including 24 under foreign missions.