RABAT, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan government has pledged on Monday to support workers and economic sectors affected by COVID-19 pandemic.
Moroccan enterprises affected by the pandemic will also get state help, said a press release from the prime minister's office.
During a meeting in Rabat with representative of trade unions, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani underlined the government's determination to continue providing online teaching courses and ensure the continuity of public services and vital productive activities, the statement added.
El Othmani hailed the commitment of trade unions to contributing to the efforts to fight against this pandemic, calling for more mobilization of workers and employees to ensure the success of the precautionary measures taken, it added.
On March 27, the government announced the allocation of a monthly stipend, as of March 15, for workers forced to suspend their income-generating activities due to the national lockdown.
A guarantee program was also launched to protect companies with a deteriorated cash flow from bankruptcy amid the novel coronavirus crisis.
Morocco has recently created a special fund to upgrade health infrastructure and help vulnerable economic sectors.
The donations received by the fund have reached so far more than 3 billion U.S. dollars.
The deaths from the novel coronavirus reached 33 on Monday in Morocco among the 534 confirmed cases, the Ministry of Health said.
On March 22, the north African country declared a one-month state of medical emergency until April 20.
Since after the detection of the first COVID-19 case in Morocco on March 2, Morocco has closed all its land and sea borders, and suspended all international passenger flights. Enditem
