Covid-19: 5.1 Million Families Have Benefited from the Special Fund
Rabat - A total of 5.1 million families have benefited from financial aid from the special Fund for the fight against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit said Wednesday in Rabat.
The fund has made it possible to support 800,000 people affiliated to the national social security fund-CNSS, on work stoppage, and 2.3 million families holding the Ramed card, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to two million non-Ramed households, the minister explained during a meeting of the Committee of the Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and Urban Policy at the House of Representatives.
After highlighting the measures taken to deal with the repercussions of the pandemic with the primary objective of protecting citizens, Laftit stressed that optimal implementation of the state of health emergency requires above all "a deep conviction on the part of all citizens in their common destiny".
As soon as the first cases of coronavirus were confirmed, he said, the Kingdom suspended all air and sea links before declaring a state of health emergency on 20 March, which was then extended until 20 May. All stakeholders have been mobilized from the outset with, in particular, the creation of a local monitoring unit in each province and each region, in order to provide solutions to the problems encountered with the required speed, the minister pointed out.
In this context, Laftit mentioned the provision of health resources and equipment to hospitals, as well as the creation of field hospitals, while ensuring the supply of basic necessities to markets.
Among the measures adopted, the government official recalled the compulsory wearing of medical masks for all persons authorized to get outside their residence in exceptional cases. In this regard, the effort to supply the market with sufficient quantities of masks has resulted in the production of 110 million units.
During the discussions that followed the minister's address to the Committee members, he highlighted the mobile application launched by the national police (DGSN), enabling security officers at various checkpoints to track the movements of citizens. It is a 100% provisional application, developed by Moroccan executives, he said.
Regarding the issue of a possible lifting of the state of health emergency, Laftit said that possible scenarios are currently being studied and that all accompanying measures are being considered for deconfinement.
In this regard, the minister called on citizens to ensure compliance with the measures taken by public authorities to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
The fund has made it possible to support 800,000 people affiliated to the national social security fund-CNSS, on work stoppage, and 2.3 million families holding the Ramed card, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to two million non-Ramed households, the minister explained during a meeting of the Committee of the Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and Urban Policy at the House of Representatives.
After highlighting the measures taken to deal with the repercussions of the pandemic with the primary objective of protecting citizens, Laftit stressed that optimal implementation of the state of health emergency requires above all "a deep conviction on the part of all citizens in their common destiny".
As soon as the first cases of coronavirus were confirmed, he said, the Kingdom suspended all air and sea links before declaring a state of health emergency on 20 March, which was then extended until 20 May. All stakeholders have been mobilized from the outset with, in particular, the creation of a local monitoring unit in each province and each region, in order to provide solutions to the problems encountered with the required speed, the minister pointed out.
In this context, Laftit mentioned the provision of health resources and equipment to hospitals, as well as the creation of field hospitals, while ensuring the supply of basic necessities to markets.
Among the measures adopted, the government official recalled the compulsory wearing of medical masks for all persons authorized to get outside their residence in exceptional cases. In this regard, the effort to supply the market with sufficient quantities of masks has resulted in the production of 110 million units.
During the discussions that followed the minister's address to the Committee members, he highlighted the mobile application launched by the national police (DGSN), enabling security officers at various checkpoints to track the movements of citizens. It is a 100% provisional application, developed by Moroccan executives, he said.
Regarding the issue of a possible lifting of the state of health emergency, Laftit said that possible scenarios are currently being studied and that all accompanying measures are being considered for deconfinement.
In this regard, the minister called on citizens to ensure compliance with the measures taken by public authorities to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
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