Strengthening of preventive measures in a number of Arab countries

On Friday evening, the Moroccan authorities decided to strengthen measures to fight the Corona virus in the region of Grand Casablanca, as well as in the neighboring towns of Berrechid and Benslimane, from today (Sunday) for a period of four weeks, due to the “Covid-19” epidemic. A statement from the Moroccan government specifies that these measures “concern the prevention of all forms of movement at night between 9 pm and 6 am, with the exception of transport for medical or professional reasons”.

The authorities also decided to close sports stadiums and parks with the closing of restaurants, cafes and shops at eight in the evening, as well as to stop public transport at nine in the evening and to encourage remote working. Today, Morocco recorded 3,685 new cases of coronavirus, up from 4,151 cases yesterday Thursday, which was considered the highest since the appearance of the first case in the country on March 2. The Casablanca region has the highest number of injured, as it recorded 1,673 cases yesterday. The total number of injured in Morocco reached 190,416, while the total number of deaths reached 3,205, after 73 deaths recorded in the last twenty-four hours.

And in Iraq, the Ministry of Health and Environment announced yesterday that it had recorded 55 deaths from the emerging corona virus, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus in the country to 10,568 cases. In a press release, the ministry said 3,204 new infections had been recorded, bringing the total number of infections to 449,153, and noting that 3,021 infected have recovered, bringing the tally of those recovering from the virus. at 378,209.

Yesterday, Saturday, Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Al-Keela announced that 410 new infections with the novel Corona virus and four deaths had been recorded in the past twenty-four hours. Al-Kailah said in a statement that the Gaza Strip had recorded the highest number of new injuries, 156. The minister said 36 patients are lying “in intensive care rooms, eight of them on ventilators.” . The Palestinian Ministry of Health database shows that the total number of coronavirus infections among Palestinians since the outbreak of the pandemic last March has reached since the outbreak of the pandemic last March. The number of infections has reached 61,593, 54,307 have recovered and 514 have died.

In Egypt, the Ministry of Health and Population announced the registration of 170 new cases of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19), as well as 10 new deaths. With this new daily toll, the total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the epidemic began in Egypt and until Friday rose to 106,230 cases, and the total number of deaths has risen to 6,176 deaths. The ministry also announced that 89 coronavirus healers have been released from hospitals, after receiving necessary medical attention and recovery, bringing the total recovering from the virus to 98,713 cases as of Friday evening.

Yesterday, the Syrian Ministry of Health announced the registration of 52 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the number of infections recorded in areas controlled by the regime to 5,319. The ministry said in a statement copied to the German news agency that it had recorded the recovery of 37 cases of “Corona” injuries, bringing the number to 1,692 cases. The statement said four deaths have been recorded from reported coronavirus infections, bringing the death toll to 264.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health also announced the registration of 1,534 new injuries, bringing the total number to 68,479. In a press release, the ministry said it had registered 7 new deaths, bringing the number of deaths to 559. The number of critical cases has reached 242, according to the official website of the Ministry of Information. Last Sunday, the Minister of Interior and Municipalities of the interim government, Mohamed Fahmy, decided to impose isolation measures on 79 villages and towns, for a period of one week.

The decision to close a number of cities for the third week in a row is aimed at countering the spread of the new Corona virus, after recording a record of infections in the last period.