90,000 people have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus in Morocco so far, according to a health official. Interviewed by national TV channel 2M, the head of the population department at the Health Ministry Abdelhakim Yahyan said that by Saturday 90,000 people received their first shots of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. #برنامج_خاصعبد الحميد يحيان مدير مديرية السكان بوزارة الصحة : عدد الاشخاص الذين تلقوا اللقاح
701 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 470,691. 762 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 448,628. 13 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,259. 6 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 3 in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, 1 in
Kamal El Hajji is not afraid of making big life decisions : from tour guide in Marrakech to security official at the UK Ministry of Justice. This Essaouira-native, awarded by the Queen of England, was the UK’s first Moroccan to hold the role of Serjeant at Arms.
851 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 469,990. 790 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 447,866. 22 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,246. 11 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 3 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 2 in Marrakech-Safi, 2 in
Two days after the US decision to temporarily suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Meir Ben Shabbat phoned Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita.
In the span of a year, Morocco has lost six places in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Transparency ranks the Kingdom 86th out of 179 countries in the «chronic corruption zone».
The Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced, Friday, that it signed an agreement with Burkina Faso to remove visa requirement for Burkinabe nationals. Travelers from Burkina Faso will be able to visit Morocco without having to ask for a visa, the Ministry announced. Given the current health crisis, travelers from Burkina Faso will have to submit a negative PCR test carried out in the last 72 hours to access Moroccan territory, the Ministry said on Twitter. ?En vertu de l'accord portant
Frontline workers in different parts of the country received their first doses of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. The campaign was launched on Thursday, after King Mohammed VI received his first vaccine shot, launching the start of vaccination in Morocco.
Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum phoned his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Thursday, and discussed the Western Sahara issue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. This phone call is part of a campaign led by Algeria, after Morocco launched a military operation in the Sahara to secure the free flow of goods and people in the Guerguerate border crossing. The talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister were preceded by a meeting on January 25 in Addis Ababa between the
Moroccan actor Bachir Skirej passed away, Thursday, due to complications from his coronavirus infection. The deceased died in Orlando, Florida, where he was living with his wife. He was recovering at home when he contracted the coronavirus, before his health deteriorated and he was transferred to the hospital. Bachir Skirej, born in 1939 in Tangiers, the Moroccan actors worked in theater, cinema and television. One of his most famous works are Hajj Mokhtar Al-Souladi's Love, Lalla Hobi and