The four people tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19), originally from the city of Boujdour and hospitalized at the Moulay Hassan Ben Mehdi hospital in Laayoune, have so far been in "stable condition", said Saturday the regional direction of Health of Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra.

The Council of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region has decided to allocate an amount of DH 6.5 million to finance the purchase of tablets for students to facilitate their access to “distance education”, as part of its contribution to the implementation of precautionary and preventive measures taken to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19).

The UN Security Council will devote a meeting to Minurso, Thursday, April 9, 2020, according to the Security Council Informal Plan published Wednesday.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI made a founding speech in Almechouar in Laayoune, the city which lived that day a great ceremony ending with the establishment of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs.

The strict hygiene and prevention instructions decreed by the public authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus have completely changed the habits and lifestyle of the Sahara inhabitants like other cities in Morocco.