The scientist also blamed France’s increasing COVID-19 cases on Romani and Jewish weddings, calling them “important as sources of contagion.”Rabat – French scientist Didier Raoult recently spoke about the increase of COVID-19 cases in France, suggesting that North Africans helped trigger the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. Didier Raoult, who is the head of the IHY Mediterranee Infection, also spoke about the risks of infection transmission at weddings, singling out two examples. To date, the European country has recorded over 387,000 COVID-19 cases, 98,507 recoveries, and over 30,95 deaths. In the Maghreb, countries such as Morocco did not report the first cases of COVID-19 until February or March. Morocco and Tunisia, for example, reported their first COVID-19 cases on March 2, while Algeria confirmed its first case on February 25.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 15, 2020 18:22 UTC