Ninety-five (95) new coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday evening and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 12,385, the Health Ministry announced. The number of recoveries has reached 8,839, with six new recoveries recorded during the same period. The death toll stands at 225, the ministry said. The ministry urges Moroccans to respect the rules of hygiene and sanitary security as well as the preventive measures decreed by the
Edita Food Industries, a leader in the Egyptian snack food market, said Monday that its subsidiary Edita Food Industries Morocco has obtained a MAD80 million loan from the Arab Bank to finance the construction of a factory in Morocco. The loan will also be used to purchase equipment and launch the production line, Masrawy wrote. Edita Food Industries Morocco, a joint venture with Dislog Group, was created in December 2017 to boost Edita’s manufacturing and technical industry
238 new coronavirus cases were recorded during the past 24 hours in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 12,290. 93 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the kingdom to 8,833, with recovery rate of 71.9%. Four deaths were recorded during the same period. The death toll stands at 225, with a fatality rate of 1.8%. Morocco also 3,232 active cases under treatment. Most of the new cases
Moroccans studying abroad have found themselves unable to get by amid the global health crisis. Unable to pay rent and food, some of them are faced with homelessness.
Rabia El Kasmi (39, from Ksar el Kébir), Dounia Yekhlef (29, from Berkane), Hakima Jaouhar (41, from Fez), Samira Tayibi (30, from Bouarfa) and Laaziza Hamin (41 years, from Taourirt) had finally been able to return home. They arrived in Huelva between January and March to work as seasonal workers in the strawberry fields. Due to the coronavirus health crisis, the five women got stranded in Spain. All of them were pregnant and were forced to give birth in Spain. Omar (born on
Despite its efforts, Morocco is urged to do more in order to eliminate human trafficking. The country is part of the Tier 2 category, which includes governments that do not fully comply with a TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.
A 16-year-old Moroccan teenager was found dead drowned in the Rhone, on June 27, after having thrown himself off the Décines bridge in Lyon. According to RTL, eyewitnesses and the deceased’s friends alerted the police at around 3pm. Two hours later, the body was recovered by the emergency services. An investigation launched into the incident revealed that the teenager was with his friends and jumped to have fun. Contacted by Yabiladi on Monday, the brother of the deceased Omar A.
196 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco between Sunday evening and Monday morning, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 12,248. Three deaths were recorded during the same period, bringing the death toll to 224. 50 new recoveries were also recorded between Sunday and Monday morning, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 8,790.
On Saturday, an agent of the Spanish Guardia Civil saved a Moroccan man from drowning on the beach of Tarajal, in Ceuta. The events occurred around ten in the evening when the officer who was on duty in that area saw a man who was swimming to reach Morocco, Ceuta Actualidad reports. The officer would have repeatedly called on the Moroccan to stop before alerting the Guardia Civil maritime services unit to intercept the swimmer. However, seeing that the Moroccan was swimming with
244 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 11,877. 67 new recoveries were recorded during the same peroid, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 8,723, with a recovery rate of 73.4%. Two deaths were recorded between yesterday and today. The death toll stands at 220 with a fatality rate reaching 1.9%. Morocco currently has 2,934 active cases, 21 of which are in a