The Casablanca Mohammed V international airport, the largest in Morocco, has rammed up screening for passengers coming from mainland China wherein the novel coronavirus has so far killed 132 persons and infected more than 9000. At the airport, Moroccan medical staff has been deployed, wearing face masks, white hazmat suits and gloves with thermal scanners. Thermal screening is also conducted at Tanger-Med port, Morocco’s largest port. On Monday, King Mohammed VI ordered the repatriation of about one hundred Moroccans, mostly students, from Wuhan, the center of the new coronavirus outbreak. Nearly 60 million people are under partial or full lockdowns in Chinese cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 29, 2020 15:33 UTC