
COVID-19 Surge in Tangier Prompts Emergency Hospital Expansion
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized continues to rise in Tangier, according to figures published by the health authorities. Local authorities have decided to tighten the screws.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized continues to rise in Tangier, according to figures published by the health authorities. Local authorities have decided to tighten the screws.

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco is now extended to people aged 18 and over, the Ministry of Health announced.

Morocco received a batch of 700,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine this Friday, August 13, 2021. This will allow the kingdom to vaccinate the youngest against the coronavirus.

In a framing note, Prime Minister Saâd Dine El Othmani has set a growth rate target of 3.2% for 2022. The unveiled PLF will be based on the assumption of an average butane gas price of $450/tonne and an average cereal harvest of 70 million quintals.

With the increase in the number of Covid-19 infections and the saturation of hospitals, the demand for oxygen machines has exploded. Prices are soaring and professionals denounce flaws in the supply system.

A few days after burying the remains of an imam believed to have died from Covid-19, his family realizes that he is still alive and recovering slowly from the virus for which he had been taken to the hospital.

Abdelfattah Chakib, a doctor at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca , also a member of the scientific and technical committee, says that 90% of patients in intensive care are not vaccinated against Covid-19. They are among the skeptics of vaccination.

The Moroccan Network for the Right to Health is pleading with the National Social Security Fund (CNOPS) for PCR tests to be reimbursed or free, not only to relieve Moroccans, but also to support the government’s policy calling for massive screening.

Despite the health restrictions that came into effect in Morocco due to the increase in Covid-19 cases, tourism operators in the North hope to make good figures during this summer season.

Transparency Maroc criticizes the management of the public health sector markets during the Covid-19 pandemic. The NGO renews its concerns about a management it considers surrounded by irregularities and gray areas.

About 7.5% of Moroccans returning to Belgium by plane tested positive for Covid-19. This is what the Belgian Health Institute has just revealed.

The tightening of restrictive measures, particularly the curfew from 9 p.m., is a blow to cinema operators . Box office revenue would have fallen by 90% compared to normal. With their backs to the wall, they have written to Saâdeddine El Othmani.