Fez Medina Under Lockdown - Photo Essay - Suzanna Clarke
The streets of the Fez Medina are unusually quiet due to the Coronavirus lockdown and the last days of Ramadan. Suzanna Clarke went for a stroll and found few people but a lot of cats enjoying the...
View ArticleMorocco Considering 15-Day Extension of COVID-19 Lockdown
Morocco’s government may decide today to extend the lockdown for at least another 15 days.The lockdown is set to end on May 20 and Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani is scheduled to discuss the...
View ArticleMorocco Extends State of Emergency Until June 10
The Moroccan government has decided to extend the country’s state of emergency for three more weeks until June 10, says Head of Government Saad Eddine El OthmaniMorocco's Head of Government Saad Eddine...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update May18th 4pm
The Moroccan Ministry of Health has started providing mobile laboratories that perform COVID-19 tests for the country’s remote areas.An advisor to the Minister of Health, Hafid Zahri, shared the first...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update - May 19th 4pm
Morocco’s total COVID-19 cases have surpassed 7,000, the Ministry of Health announced during its 4 p.m. press briefing on May 19. With 71 new infections in the past 24 hours, the country’s case count...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update May 21st 4pm
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 78 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total case count to 7,211 as of 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 21.The ministry also announced 182...
View ArticleHeatwave to Hit Morocco
The National Meteorology Directorate (DMN) declared in a special bulletin that Morocco will see a heatwave from Saturday, May 23 to Tuesday, May 26 in several provinces.In a special orange-level...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update - May 22nd 4pm
Moroccan authorities will lift the night time curfew directly after Eid al-Fitr, set to take place on May 24.Moroccan news outlet Le360 first shared the information from “reliable sources,” who...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update - May 23rd 4pm
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 74 additional COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in Morocco to 7,406. The ministry also confirmed one additional death, with...
View ArticleMeknes Declared Corona Virus Free
On Sunday evening he prefecture of Meknes was declared free of Covid19, after the recovery of the last patient under treatment at Sidi Said hospital. Since the start of the epidemic in Meknes, 119...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update - May 26th 6pm
Preliminary Study Suggests Cannabis Can Reduce COVID-19 Severity. According to unverified research, certain cannabis extracts can prevent human cells from absorbing the coronavirus by up to 70%.A group...
View ArticleFarewell to a Much Loved Fez Identity - Michel Biehn
Michel Biehn in 2013One of Fez's most colourful residents; hotelier and collector Michel Biehn, passed away on May 21. He was an aesthete and an artist; a larger-than-life character who made many...
View ArticleMorocco - Coronavirus Update. May 27th 6pm
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 24 additional COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 7,601. The new figure represents Morocco’s lowest new...
View ArticleMorocco Coronavirus Update - May 28th 6pm
Morocco’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs has categorically denied news about the reopening of mosques on June 4, two months after their closure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.The ministry...
View ArticleMorocco's Cafes and Restaurants to have limited opening on Friday!
The Moroccan Ministry of Industry, Investment, Trade, and Digital Economy declared today that cafes and restaurant owners can resume their service activities starting tomorrow, May 29.However, the...
View ArticleMorocco Coronavirus Update - May 29th 6pm
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 71 additional COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 7,714.The ministry also confirmed no additional...
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