Morocco’s head of government is expected to speak, Wednesday, at the parliament’s Lower House during a monthly session. Saadeddine El Othmani will be addressing the government’s post-lockdown strategy. The session will start at 3 pm, reads a press release posted by the El Othmani on his Twitter account. سأحل غدا الأربعاء 10 يونيو إن شاء الله بمجلس النواب في إطار جلسة عمومية تخصص للأسئلة الشهرية
The World Bank expects Morocco’s GDP for 2020 to fall by -4% due to the coronavirus health crisis. The figure is expected to improve by 2021.
106 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,408, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 327,235 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 208, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 7,423. The confirmed
While some of them were allowed to open their doors, businesses that were forced to suspend their activities during the lockdown in Morocco are struggling to keep their heads above water.
The Azhar Fatwa Global Center has announced that it is not religiously permissible for people who have recovered from coronavirus to sell their antibody-rich blood plasma to others who are still infected. «Selling the blood plasma of a recovered person, taking advantage of the pandemic, is impermissible. The human body, including the flesh and blood, belongs to God, not to the servant, and no one has the right to sell what he does not possess», reads the Fatwa. The Fatwa was
While acknowledging that the Kingdom has «considerably improved» its score thanks to «better protection of biodiversity and habitats», the Environmental Performance Index for 2020 ranks Morocco 100th out of 180 countries. It is also 10th in the MENA region and 3rd in the Maghreb.
The Central Office for Combating Terrorism in Germany announced Monday the arrest of an individual who had been threatening over the internet to carry out an attack on Muslims inspired by the Christchurch attacks in New Zealand. The 21-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in Hildesheim (Lower Saxony), the Office said in a statement, adding that weapons, which «may have been purchased to carry out his plans for attack» have been discovered at his home. The arrestee had announced
A 29-year-old Moroccan was rushed to the intensive care unit at the Fatebenfratelli hospital in Milan after being stabbed in the city’s suburbs. Two hours later, the man died. The Moroccan was stabbed during a fight that was started in a bus. He was identified through a charity card that he had in his pocket. According to Il Corriere della sera, the fight in fact started between three or four men, all from North Africa, aboard a bus. It then continued in the street near a bus stop,
26 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 8,250, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 308,311 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 208, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 7,370. The confirmed coronavirus
Portugal’s maritime police intercepted, Saturday, a boat carrying seven Moroccans, Portugal Resident reports. The men are aged between 20 and 30 years old. Two of the seven men required First Aid assistance as one of them has scratches after falling off the quayside and another for feeling nauseous. The boat was first spotted by a fisherman in south Portugal. The seven Moroccans will all be tested for Covid-19. According to the same source, the incident is the third of its kind in the
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