Musician and singer Saïd Tichiti has lived in Budapest for 22 years. In Hungary, this Guelmim-native is undoubtedly an ambassador of Moroccan music, with Amazigh, Gnawa and Hassani influences.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Morocco has reached 358. According to the recent updates of the Health Ministry, the Kingdom has recorded 23 coronavirus-related deaths. 1,455 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus. As for the location of confirmed cases, the ministry reports that 107 Covid-19 infections were registered in the Casablanca-Settat region, 63 in Fes-Meknes, 63 in Rabat-Salé-Kenitra and 62 in Marrakech-Safi. The ministry added that 23 cases are
70 confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded, Friday, in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections to 345. In a recent update published by the Health authorities, so far 1,423 people have tested negative for the virus. 13 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded between Thursday night and Friday, bringing the total number of Covid-19 deaths to 23. The number of those who recovered has reached 11, the Ministry reported. 57% of the confirmed cases are local,
After a meeting held Friday, the Economic Watch Committee (CVE) examined measures to support informal sector workers affected by compulsory confinement imposed to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform announced that the issue will be dealt with «in two phases». According to a press release sent Friday to Yabiladi, the first phase will cover affected «households that have subsidized health insurance (Ramed) and
To Moroccan sociologist Ahmed Cherrak, the Moroccan government must do what it takes to protect the country’s most vulnerable citizens during the coronavirus crisis.
At the opening of the government council, Head of the Government Saadeddine El Othmani said that Morocco would expand the number of equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients to 3,000 and purchase several respiratory devices. «At first, we announced that Morocco had 1,640 fully equipped hospital beds for Covid-19 patients, but the purchase of respiratory devices will allow us to increase this number to 3,000», El Othmani announced. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the
Burial rites in Morocco have seen big changes amid the coronavirus outbreak. While the Health Ministry has implemented a special protocol for the burial of those with Covid-19, the lockdown has pushed several Moroccans to bury their loved ones without holding funerals.
A few days after the administrative court in Casablanca issued a ruling allowing a Libyan national to enter the Moroccan territory, the Administrative Court of Rabat overturned this decision on Thursday. The national was traveling from Malta to Tunis and got stranded in the Mohammed V international airport after a stopover in Morocco. He was stranded for a week, since Morocco had canceled all its international flights to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Arabic-language newspaper
Moroccan-Dutch Abdelhak Nouri, a former Ajax player who suffered a cardiac arrhythmia attack that left him with severe and permanent brain damage, is doing much better. According to his brother Abderrahim Nouri, the winger has awoken from a coma after two years and nine months. Nouri is now home with his family and he is able to «raise his eyebrows» as a sign of confirmation, his brother said during an interview with DWDD. «He is awake; he sneezes, eats and burps.
«Our nation needs our unity», a slogan chosen by a group of young people with technical and medical expertise, to launch an initiative called «Engineering v. Covid-19 Morocco». Their one goal is to help their homeland fight the pandemic, in their own way.