In a reassuring press release, the Moroccan Health Ministry announced that the two people infected with COVID-19 are in a «stable condition». «The two cases are in a reassuring condition and do not suffer from any complications», Mohammed Elyoubi, the director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division at the Health Ministry, said in the same statement. Morocco has recorded three confirmed coronavirus cases, including that of an 89-year-old woman who died
The second confirmed coronavirus case in Morocco has died, the health Ministry said in a communiqué released Tuesday. The patient was an 89-year-old woman who tested positive for coronavirus last week after she returned from Bologna, a city in northern Italy. According to the Health Ministry, the patient died, Tuesday, at noon in one of Casablanca’s hospital. Last week, health authorities in Morocco said that she was in a «critical condition» because she suffers from
To international footballer Achraf Hakimi, the possibility of returning to Real Madrid after the end of his loan contract at Borussia Dortmund remains an option. «If Real Madrid want me to go back, I'll go back», Hakimi told French television program Téléfoot. «Real Madrid are the club I call home. I've really enjoyed myself there and played lots of games there. If Madrid want me to go back, I'll go back. And if not, I'll have to write the next chapter at
AXA Assurance Maroc, a subsidiary of the French multinational insurance firm, sued the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party and its newspaper Al Ittihad al Ichtiraki for an unpaid insurance premium. Within a week, the justice minister’s party was sentenced without being able to defend itself in court.
The third confirmed coronavirus case in Morocco was announced, Tuesday, by the Health Ministry. The patient is a French tourist who arrived in Marrakech on Saturday. The tourist showed respiratory symptoms on Sunday, before he went to the hospital to get checked, the health Ministry said in press release. The medical staff quickly suspected his infection and made him undergo the tests. The patient tested positive for coronavirus at the Institut Pasteur-Maroc. The patient is currently being
American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technologies company Lockheed Martin has been awarded a MAD1.4 billion contract ($154,979,758) for «Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System (M-TADS/PNVS) systems for the Apache attack helicopter in support of the Moroccan government». «Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated
In a report on the Hirak protests and trial, the National Committee for Human Rights urged the state to investigate torture and inhuman treatment allegations. However, it indicated that the trial respected human rights and highlighted violence against the police during the protests in Al Hoceima.
Two Spanish nationals of Moroccan descent, who live in Ceuta, died Sunday in a speed chase with the Royal Gibraltar Police, Andalucia Informacion reports. Two other individuals, who live in Ceuta and Portugal, were wounded in the same accident. They have been treated but they have been put in police custody because they are accused of «dangerous navigation», «drug trafficking» and «resisting arrest». The speed chase took place on Sunday, when the Royal
To avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus, the organizing committee of the African Digital Summit has decided to postpone the fifth edition of the event, scheduled for March 19 and 20, to December 3 and 4, 2020. The decision is based on the «preventive measures» set by Morocco to counter the spread of the virus. «The decision places the safety of citizens first and ensures that of speakers and participants», organizers said. The 2020 edition of the annual summit is
Interviewed by Medi1 TV Afrique on the coronavirus situation in Morocco, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said that the country should be prepared for the worst. He recalled that Moroccans must comply with the measures set up by the Ministry to counter the spread of the novel virus.