After a meeting held Friday, the Economic Watch Committee (CVE) examined measures to support informal sector workers affected by compulsory confinement imposed to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform announced that the issue will be dealt with «in two phases». According to a press release sent Friday to Yabiladi, the first phase will cover affected «households that have subsidized health insurance (Ramed) and
To Moroccan sociologist Ahmed Cherrak, the Moroccan government must do what it takes to protect the country’s most vulnerable citizens during the coronavirus crisis.
At the opening of the government council, Head of the Government Saadeddine El Othmani said that Morocco would expand the number of equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients to 3,000 and purchase several respiratory devices. «At first, we announced that Morocco had 1,640 fully equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients, but the purchase of respiratory devices will allow us to increase this number to 3,000», El Othmani announced. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the
Burial rites in Morocco have seen big changes amid the coronavirus outbreak. While the Health Ministry has implemented a special protocol for the burial of those with Covid-19, the lockdown has pushed several Moroccans to bury their loved ones without holding funerals.
A few days after the administrative court in Casablanca issued a ruling allowing a Libyan national to enter the Moroccan territory, the Administrative Court of Rabat overturned this decision on Thursday. The national was traveling from Malta to Tunis and got stranded in the Mohammed V international airport after a stopover in Morocco. He was stranded for a week, since Morocco had canceled all its international flights to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Arabic-language newspaper
Moroccan-Dutch Abdelhak Nouri, a former Ajax player who suffered a cardiac arrhythmia attack that left him with severe and permanent brain damage, is doing much better. According to his brother Abderrahim Nouri, the winger has awoken from a coma after two years and nine months. Nouri is now home with his family and he is able to «raise his eyebrows» as a sign of confirmation, his brother said during an interview with DWDD. «He is awake; he sneezes, eats and burps.
«Our nation needs our unity», a slogan chosen by a group of young people with technical and medical expertise, to launch an initiative called «Engineering v. Covid-19 Morocco». Their one goal is to help their homeland fight the pandemic, in their own way.
50 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded, Thursday, in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 275, a Health Ministry official said during a press briefing. In addition to the new confirmed infections, Morocco recorded four coronavirus-related deaths. Two of the deceased patients tested positive for the virus in Marrakech while the two others died in Casablanca and Rabat. The four people who died from the virus had their health conditions
Giulia Benvenuto returned to Italy last week after she was stranded in Morocco. The 22-year-old Italian left Meknes, in northern Morocco, at 2 a.m. on Saturday. After she arrived in Malpensa on Sunday afternoon, on one of the few planes that have been authorized to leave Morocco, the Italian decided to thank the Moroccan family that welcomed her after having been blocked in Morocco. «Giulia risked being one of the victims of the new bureaucracy created by coronavirus, a prisoner of
While social distancing, several people might be dealing with negative feelings that can affect their mental health. Fear, anxiety, boredom and other feelings can all be managed through a series of activities, according to experts.