The Covid-19 reproduction rate has crossed the 1 bar and is unfortunately progressing in recent days. This, despite numerous calls to respect preventive measures. The data show a progression of 1.3 at the national level during the last two weeks (June 22/July 05).
The Delta variant , known to be highly contagious, is present on the national territory. "It will become dominant in a few weeks," according to the director of the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Azeddine Ibrahimi.
Moroccan Mohamed Amezian El Harrak, security guard in charge of reception at the San Pedro de Alcántara Health Center (southern Spain), was forced to perform the Heimlich maneuver on a man who arrived in a state of choking at the center.
Abderrahmane Fadil, 60, a science teacher of Moroccan origin living in Bradford, UK, says he made the "biggest mistake of his life" by refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19. He narrowly escaped death after contracting the coronavirus.
The quarantine imposed on Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) or foreign tourists coming from countries classified on list B has proven ineffective. Several malfunctions have been recorded. Clusters have even been discovered in some hotels.
Mohammed Youbi, director of the Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control (DELM), has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19. He is reassuring about his health condition.
Moroccans aged 40 and over who have not yet benefited from vaccination can now go to vaccination centers every day of the week, including Sunday.
Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Morocco. Faced with this situation, the Minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb , calls on Moroccans to be vigilant and above all to strictly respect health measures, threatening a new lockdown.
Morocco received, this Friday, July 2, 2021, an additional 500,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. Enough to correct the slowdown in its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus.
The summer season as well as the easing of restrictive measures expose Morocco to a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, particularly in these times of spread of the Delta variant, which is very contagious. This is what Dr. Tayeb Hamdi, researcher in health policies and systems and vice-president of the National Federation of Health, declares in an interview with Challenge .
Due to the epidemiological situation related to the coronavirus pandemic in Morocco in recent days, the Head of Government, Saad Dine El Otmani , calls on the population to be more vigilant and cautious. Over the past two weeks, the kingdom has recorded an increase in cases of contamination and active cases, as well as an increase in critical cases and a high occupancy rate in hospitals.
The services of the Moulay Youssef hospital in Casablanca are on maximum alert due to Covid 19. Doctors suspect Moroccans living abroad of having contracted the variant Delta.