No case of coronavirus infection has been reported so far in Morocco, Minister of State for Human Rights and Relations with Parliament Mustapha Ramid said on Monday in Rabat. The national epidemiological surveillance system helped monitor five suspected cases who tested negative to the new coronavirus, said the minister, who was speaking at the weekly question time in the House of representatives. The minister assured that all preventive measures have been adopted to prevent any risk of contamination, in implementation of royal instructions, recalling the establishment of a joint commission for epidemiological surveillance. On Sunday, Morocco repatriated 167 Moroccan nationals, including 52 women, from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. The repatriated Moroccans have been placed in quarantine for 20 days, under close supervision of medical teams trained for this purpose.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 15:33 UTC