Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection has announced a revised protocol for the maintenance of Covid-19 patients, effective Monday, following revisions to the treatment plan, the situation surrounding confinement, and its duration.
The epidemiological situation will now be monitored on a weekly rather than a daily basis.
According to a publication distributed by Khalid Ait Taleb, Minister of Health and Social Protection, the use of “scanners” to diagnose confirmed cases will only be required in a provocative epidemiological context, making it no longer a factor in confirmation but an aspect of guidance. Targeted examination will replace wider examination, and isolation is no longer recommended.
The ministry has eliminated hydroxychloroquine from the recommended treatment, and Covid-19 patients will now be handled in accordance with the state of their health.
Depending on the patient’s clinical status, asymptomatic instances will also receive various drugs in addition to vitamin C, vitamin D, and paracetamol. Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir or molnupiravir will be approved for use for five days in high-risk adult patients (those with one or more risk factors for problems).
In addition, a preventive dose of anticoagulants will be recommended if the patient is bedridden and symptoms of a bronchial infection start to manifest. “The current scenario is the best since the virus debuted in Morocco,” said the publication.
Morocco’s three-year state of health emergency ended on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, after the government issued two decrees in March 2020 to govern the state of the health emergency for a month. Since then, the government has worked to extend the state of emergency through decrees, with Decree No. 2.20.293 being extended repeatedly until February of this year.
Morocco has experienced an overall decline in registered Covid-19 cases both nationally and internationally.
However, all visitors from China are still denied entry into Morocco, a policy that was put in place on January 3, 2023, and remains in effect due to rising cases in China.
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