Covid-19 in Morocco: 87 new contaminations in 24 hours, 1 death and 575 active cases

One death, 87 new cases of contamination and 43 recoveries were confirmed in the Kingdom on March 21 and 22, 2022. The still active cases stand at 575, while more than 6.06 million people received the third dose. . Monitoring the pandemic, in figures.

New cases of contamination, remissions, number of screenings carried out, vaccinations, etc. To learn more regarding the evolution of the coronavirus in Morocco, click on this link: https://covid.le360.ma.

March 22 report

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In the Maghreb, Algeria does not communicate the number of screening tests, which suggests that the number of contaminations is much higher than the official figures. The last assessment stopped reports 12 new cases infected with Covid-19, 1 death and 10 recoveries. The country totals 265,562 cases of contamination, including 6,872 deaths and 178,198 recoveries.

In Tunisia, 166 new cases of contamination, 2 deaths and 1,208 recoveries have been recorded, according to the latest report available. The country has totaled 1,029,762 cases of contamination, including 28,065 deaths and 983,630 recoveries since March 2020.

In Mauritania, 3 cases of contamination and 2 recoveries have been recorded, according to the latest report available. The country has recorded 58,665 cases of Covid-19 contamination, including 981 deaths and 57,674 recoveries.

The director of the WHO in Europe expressed concern regarding the epidemic rebound currently observed on the continent, pointing to the too rapid lifting of anti-Covid-19 measures.

Several European countries, including Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, have lifted their anti-Covid measures too “brutally” and find themselves faced with a sharp rise in cases under the effect of the subvariant BA.2, the World Health Organization lamented on Tuesday.

During a press conference relocated to Moldova, the director of the WHO in Europe, Hans Kluge, said he was “vigilant” regarding the current epidemic situation on the continent, while claiming to remain “optimistic”.

King Harald of Norway, 85, has tested positive for covid-19, the Norwegian royal palace announced on Tuesday.

Showing “mild symptoms”, King Harald “will be absent for illness over the next few days”, the same source said in a statement.

Until his return, his son, Crown Prince Haakon, will act as interim. On the throne for more than three decades, King Harald had to have an artificial heart valve implanted in 2005, which was replaced during an operation in 2020.

Chinese authorities on Tuesday ordered the containment of the city of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province (northeast), as part of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.

City residents must present a negative PCR test result within 48 hours and produce a special pass to enter and exit their residential community, the Covid-19 Pandemic Prevention and Control Center said. 19 of the city.

Rural inhabitants, on the other hand, need a pass to enter and leave their village.

Local health officials launched a third round of city-wide screenings on Tuesday. The second round of mass screenings conducted last Saturday and Sunday identified 45 positive cases of Covid-19, city authorities said.

According to a report on Monday, the city of Shenyang has reported 241 local positive cases, including 94 confirmed cases and 147 asymptomatic carriers.

China has recorded more than 41,000 Covid-19 infections in 28 provinces and regions between 1is and March 21, 2022.

Scientists at Australia’s QIMR Berghofer Institute for Medical Research have found new evidence that the blood of someone who has recovered from Covid-19 might be used to protect vulnerable people.

The research, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens and released on Tuesday, showed how T-cell immunotherapy might be used in immunocompromised people.

“This study gives us hope that we can develop a T-cell immunotherapy capable of treating multiple variants of Covid-19 in the sickest patients,” said lead researcher Corey Smith.

Japan on Tuesday lifted the quasi-emergency state in force in 18 of the country’s 47 prefectures, including those of Tokyo and Osaka, as part of efforts to combat Covid-19.

The decision to lift the emergency measures, implemented since January 8, comes following the drop in the number of daily infections with the new coronavirus

Given the pressure on the health system, the government decided last Thursday to officially lift all emergency measures.

The pandemic has officially killed at least 6,105,133 people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by AFP.

The United States is the country with the most deaths (998,840), ahead of Brazil (657,363), India (516,574) and Russia (364,901).

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic might be two to three times higher than that officially established.

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