Morocco records two more coronavirus cases

Two confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in Morocco, bringing the number of those infected by the virus to four; the Health Ministry said in a press release issued Wednesday.   According to the health authorities, the new patients are the wife and daughter of the French tourist, who tested positive earlier this week for the virus. The health authorities quarantined the two patients two days before they underwent the tests that confirmed their infection. These two new infections

Italian tourists stranded in Morocco after their country implemented nationwide lockdown

After Italy has implemented emergency coronavirus measures to the entire country, imposing travel restrictions, several Italian tourists have seen their flights from Morocco to Italy canceled. Speaking to Italian daily newspaper Corriere Della Serra, a group of Italian tourists in Agadir said that they are blocked in the North African Kingdom and could not return to Italy Monday as scheduled before. «We left for Agadir in Morocco on March 2 (…) We had to go back on

Morocco’s third coronavirus case is a 52-year-old French tourist who came from Paris

The French tourist who tested positive for coronavirus in Morocco is a 52-year-old Paris-based man, a Health Ministry official said in a press conference today. While recording the first death linked to the virus, Morocco reassures the public on the two remaining cases.

Morocco’s two confirmed coronavirus cases in «stable health condition», Health Ministry says

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

Coronavirus : First person dies in Morocco after contracting COVID-19

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

Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi does not rule out a possible return to Real Madrid

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

Morocco’s USFP falls for a rapid debt recovery judgment on behalf of AXA Assurance

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.

A French tourist tests positive for coronavirus in Morocco

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

Morocco purchases Lockheed Martin’s night vision system for its Apache helicopters

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

Hirak : CNDH urges Morocco to investigate «torture and inhuman treatment» allegations

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.