While scientists around the world are trying to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, so-called «experts» on social media have showered Moroccans with recipes to fight against the virus, mixing modern medicine, traditional medicine and religion. Doctors, sociologists and Muslim scholars have rebuked these practices.
Thousands of Moroccans living abroad (dual nationals or not) found themselves stranded in Morocco amid the lockdown. Some of them were unable to return to the countries where they live due to an alleged blockage by the Moroccan authorities.