Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic and the Morocco’s success story
Keywords:
COVID-19, Coronavirus, Outbreak, Lifting of containment, MoroccoAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is the most prevailing health crisis of our time. Since its appearance in Asia, the virus has spread to all continents, claiming many victims. Moreover, crisis-to-crisis management has met with huge cost in resources throughout the world. Initial measures taken by Morocco have so far enabled the country to control the scale of the coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, a deadly resurgence of the pandemic became possible in the event of a hasty end to containment. To mitigate the effects of the health crisis, all countries need to adopt appropriate strategies to break out of containment. Of course, the lifting of restrictions should not be absolute at the same time for everyone.
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