The staff of the subcontractor company in charge of transporting patients from the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center (CHU) in Marrakech would be working without any preventive and protective measures. The CHU denied these "erroneous" and "unofficial" information circulated by some media on Monday.
Every day brings its share of rumors and misinformation since the coronavirus has become a reality in Morocco. One of the latest is that related to the closure of small businesses and supermarkets in the city of Marrakech.
The dissemination of rumors and fake news has been severely punished in Morocco since last week. Two girls arrested on Saturday evening by the judicial police in Tangier learned this the hard way.
The measures taken for the implementation of the state of emergency declared since Friday, March 20, must be scrupulously respected at the risk of exposing oneself to sanctions. The Secretary General of the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Hicham Balaoui, stated that the prosecution will be firm against offenders.
The public prosecutor’s office has so far initiated proceedings against 56 individuals for publishing false information about the spread of the new coronavirus (covid-19).
Moroccan students who were hoping for a white year due to the coronavirus epidemic will be disappointed. The Ministry of National Education has just denied these rumors.
Rumors have been circulating for a few days about the spread of coronavirus among inmates. The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) refuted, on Thursday, the authenticity of this audio recording relayed on social networks. It claims that these are false allegations "devoid of any foundation".
The judicial police of the Nador district security department proceeded, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, to the arrest of a 29-year-old individual. He is suspected of having posted online through computer systems a video containing erroneous and fraudulent data on the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
The publication of fake news via social networks will now be repressed by law. A bill will soon be sent to parliament for adoption in order to allow the repression of these offenses.
Fake news reaches the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE). Information has been circulating on social networks for a few days, claiming that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the payment of electricity and water bills is suspended until further notice.
Despite numerous awareness campaigns and arrests, disinformation is managing to establish itself on the web and instant messaging applications. Since Monday, false information has been circulating about new marches that allegedly took place in Tangier on Sunday evening, with the same intensity as the demonstrations that took place on Saturday.
Eighteen people have been arrested for spreading false information about COVID-19.