476 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 479,071. 1,904,169 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 1,079 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 460,628. 13 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,504. 4 of these deaths were recorded in the Oriental region, 3 in
The number of people who received the anti-Covid-19 vaccine in Morocco reached, on Monday, 1,707,091, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health. With this number, the kingdom heads the list of African countries with the largest number of vaccinated people. Seychelles ranks second in Africa with 55,980 people vaccinated, followed by Egypt with 1,315 vaccinations and Algeria, which does not provide information regarding it's vaccination data. The United Arab Emirates leads the
Algeria’s ambassador to Morocco has received in Rabat the Swedish ambassador. During this meeting, the Algerian diplomat chose the most awkward way possible to hide a souvenir with King Mohammed VI while posing for a photo with the Swedish ambassador. To take the photo, Abdelhamid Abdaoui and Anne Höglund stood in front of a framed photo of the King that was blurred. For fear of being seen as a royal admirer, the diplomat probably thought that no one would see the
Hirak detainees started, Monday, an open hunger strike, their families said. They have joined other Hirak detainees, namely Nasser Zefzafi and Mohamed Jelloul, on an open hunger strike they started on Friday. According to Mohamed Ahamjik, his brother Nabil Ahamjik went on a hunger strike to support Mahmoud Bouhannouch, another Hirak detainee in Nador who was «subjected to various restrictions and flagrant violations of his rights as a political prisoner». The other
Morocco has reportedly «ordered» drones manufactured by BlueBird Aero Systems, an Israeli company that specializes in the design, development and production of tactical UAS and peripheral equipment and delivers exceptional, unprecedented combat proven solutions, Israel Defense reported This order is part of the agreement to acquire 50% of the equity of BlueBird by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), concluded last September. «The order consists of drones manufactured by
After they spoke for the first time last week, Morocco and Israel’s Education Ministers agreed to hold student exchange and school twinning programs, Israeli media reported on Monday. Morocco’s Edcuation Minister Saaid Amzazi and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant said that they will establish a twinning agreement between a Moroccan and an Israeli high school for student exchanges. This program will have students in both schools exchange videos on their educational experiences,
A 21-year-old Moroccan died in a cell in Las Palmas in murky circumstances. According to EFE, the young man was in preventive detention when he died. He was examined by the San Bartolomé de Tirajana investigating court and was not admitted to a migrant detention center, Morocco’s consul Ahmed Moussa said. The death of this young man took place after a mother reported in a video the death of her son in a migrant reception center in Gran Canaria. EFE reported that no death had
121 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 478,595. 1,707,091 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 697 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 459,549. 14 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,491. 6 of these deaths were recorded in Casablanca-Settat, 3 in the
A Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner left Morocco on Monday for China to bring the second batch of Sinopharm's vaccine. This second delivery expected to arrive Tuesday will include 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, reports Le360. The same number of doses were sent to Morocco on January 26, ahead of the launch of its vaccination campaign. Morocco had ordered 45 million doses of the Chinese vaccine. «Morocco manages to get by because it had anticipated and even contributed to
339 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 478,474. 1,388,539 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 348 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 458,852. 17 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,477. 5 of these deaths were recorded in the Oriental, 4 in