While the number of coronavirus infections and people in intensive care is increasing, the number of deaths has dropped considerably in Morocco. This is since the expansion of the vaccination campaign to certain vulnerable social groups of the population, as revealed by an official from the Moroccan Ministry of Health.
As a couple tried to make an appointment to get vaccinated against Covid-19, they were subjected to insults from an agent of the Montauban hospital. The voice message received clearly shows that Maghrebians are not welcome in this hospital.
The Moroccan authorities are warning about the epidemiological situation which they consider "worrying" in the Kingdom with the discovery of at least 73 cases of the British variant of the coronavirus.
The municipality of Tétouan has launched a war against mosquitoes since the beginning of the year. 346 mosquito control operations were carried out in the first quarter by the health preservation service of the Tétouan municipality.
Inter-city travel in Morocco could now be conditional on the presentation of a Covid-19 vaccination certificate. This is the proposal made by the National Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee on Vaccination and already in execution in Rabat.
The debate on the quality of Moroccan bread is heating up against the backdrop of a controversy fueled by two federations of bakery and pastry professionals. While one of the federations denounces the quality of the flour used in bread production, the other categorically denies this accusation.
Morocco’s decision to soon authorize the cultivation and sale of cannabis for therapeutic use is a major development that will have to meet political, economic, social and cultural challenges, among others.
While Morocco was supposed to receive a first batch of the Russian Sputnik vaccine at the end of March, the status quo remains. And for good reason, no commercial agreement has yet been signed between the two countries.
As of this Tuesday, March 30 and until April 15, the prevention and precautionary measures adopted on January 13 will be maintained. This is the decision of the government to protect the population from a third wave of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
When will the real easing of restrictive measures in Morocco take place? While Moroccans were expecting to start the month of Ramadan with a certain freedom, El Othmani warns against a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, just as dangerous as the previous two.
It is possible to ease the preventive measures and travel restrictions enacted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Morocco in the first weeks of summer. This is at least what Azzedine Ibrahimi, director of the Biotechnology Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, member of the scientific committee, thinks.
Morocco will receive, in the next few days, 4.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Russia, South Korea and China, in order to achieve herd immunity before the summer. This announcement was made by a Moroccan official.