Almost eight out of ten households (79%) have fully complied with the quarantine rules put in place to combat the spread of the pandemic of the new coronavirus (covid-19), said the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
83% of households have respected these rules in the urban zone and 69% in rural areas, said the HCP which has just published a note on a survey regarding “the impact of the coronavirus on the economic, social and psychological situation of households.
The said note also highlighted that 21% of households partially respected the quarantine (17% in urban areas and 29% in rural ones), indicating that a third of Moroccans (34%) self-quarantined before the official decision of the state, 54% have started it since the adoption of this decision, and 11% since the promulgation of the legislative decree relating to the declaration of the state of emergency.
In addition, the HCP stressed that breaking the quarantine is mainly due to economic and professional considerations, adding that 82% of the people who leave the home are the heads of household, 15% of people aged 25 to 59, 2% of children aged under 18 and 1% of people aged 60 and over.
The main reasons for leaving the home are the purchase of domestic supplies for 94% of households, work for 30% of households (48% for the elderly, 40% for adults, 33% for young people, 31% for the spouse of the head of household, and 27% for the head of household).
These are also administrative matters for 10% of households (11% for the head of household, and 9% for the elderly), recreational needs for 7% of households (50% for children under 18) and medical care for 7% of households (32% for the elderly).
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