The 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Morocco on 2 March 2020, when the first case COVID-19 case was confirmed in Casablanca. It involved a Moroccan Expatriate residing in Italy and who came from Italy on 27 February 2020. A second case was confirmed by the end of the day, involving an 89-year-old woman Moroccan residing in Italy too who had returned to Morocco on 25 February 2020 from the Italian city of Bologna. As of 30 March 2020, the confirmed cases reached 556, and number of recoveries reached 15, with a total number of 33 deaths. On 15 March 2020, the suspension of all international flights was decided [1].

References

1. "Morocco suspends all international passenger flights - foreign ministry". Reuters (2020).
2. "Courses Suspended in Morocco from March 16 Until Further Notice". Maghreb Arabe Press (2020).
3. News, Morocco World. "COVID-19: Morocco Declares State of Emergency". Morocco World News (2020).

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Citation: Mohammed Elbiaze. “COVID 19 Pandemy in Morocco". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 4.6 (2020): 113-114.

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