The health crisis has not only impacted the Moroccan economy, but has also caused a wave of divorces and above all a drop in marriages. This is what the National Association of Young Adouls reveals.
The Minister of Health, [Khalid Aït Taleb], assures that the Moroccan government is striving to "avoid a national lockdown at all costs". He announces the arrival of the first vaccines by December.
The specter of a second lockdown looms over Morocco, which has seen a surge in infection cases in recent weeks. In addition to the consequences on the health and economic fronts, sociologist Soumaya Naamane indicated in an interview that the repercussions on the social front remain just as enormous.
Care and wellness establishments have been ordered to open their doors, but under rather suicidal conditions according to the managers. Uncertainty hangs over a sector that is full of opportunities and represents an important link in the Moroccan tourism chain.
The Minister of Labor and Professional Integration spoke before the House of Representatives on the social repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment sector. Mohamed Amekraz said that the 3,610 civil servants who were laid off during the first 9 months of 2020 have returned to their jobs.
The city of Casablanca could be subject to a total reconfinement in the coming days or weeks. The threat was brandished by the director of the virology laboratory at the University Hassan II in Casablanca.
The ban on gatherings and parties of any kind plunges the Moroccan catering sector into disarray. Since the majority of them are in the informal sector, they do not have the possibility to resort to the stimulus loan, and the allowance provided for by the government has still not been granted.
Long closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, gyms in Tangier will reopen from next week. The promoters could no longer stand the consequences, including the bankruptcy that threatened many of them if the closure continued.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced that the serological test is no longer mandatory for certain flights to Morocco.
New restrictive measures have been decided by the local authorities in Mohammadia following the worrying increase in Covid-19 cases in the city in recent days.
A fake joint press release from the Ministries of the Interior and Health, written in Arabic, and announcing new restrictive measures or a new lockdown starting Monday, August 3, has been circulating on social media. This is not the case, reassures the Ministry of the Interior.
While all indicators are currently in the red, members of the Moroccan government extensively debated on Monday the need for a return to confinement. However, 3 ministries took the floor to reject the proposal.