A series of conditions should be met for the lifting of the sanitary containment, so as to avoid a setback in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, Health minister Khalid Ait Taleb said Friday.
“Three conditions should be met to begin the deconfinement, particularly the stability of the epidemiological situation, the downward trend of new cases of contamination and the inflection of the indicator of spread of the virus below the value 1,” he explained in an interview with the Moroccan TV channel Al-Oula.
According to the minister, “once the epidemiological situation stabilizes and the index of spread of the virus decreases, then we can talk about lifting the state of public health emergency”.
“Such a decision implies a heavy responsibility that everyone must assume, each from his or her own position,” he noted, while stressing the need to consolidate what has been achieved in order to create the conditions for a gradual deconfinement, obviously in compliance with preventive measures.
Any lifting of sanitary containment, he stressed, “will have to be gradual and the result of approaches proposed by the different sectors”.
In this context, Ait Taleb stated that “we are not immune despite the measures taken”, while considering that any haste or uncalculated steps “can be costly”.
Despite the preventive measures adopted, some developments raise many questions, such as the emergence of industrial or domestic outbreaks, he noted. He also cited cases of infection among young people, some of whom are in critical condition, a finding that requires increased vigilance in the future.
While reaffirming that Morocco was able to avoid the worst thanks to its proactive measures, the minister called on citizens to show a spirit of responsibility, solidarity and patience.
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