Morocco registered 570 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the tally of infections in the North African country to 18,834, the health ministry said. The COVID-19 death rate in Morocco stabilizes at 1.6 percent, with the recovery rate at 85.5 percent, he noted. China has helped Morocco in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 14, China Development Bank sent a batch of donation, including respirators and medical protective masks, to help Morocco fight the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s Guizhou Province also donated 15,000 surgical gloves, 20,000 medical masks and 2,000 protective suits to help protect Moroccan medical workers fighting the pandemic.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 24, 2020 19:52 UTC