Monkeypox alert: Morocco in maximum prevention mode

No case of monkeypox has been detected in Morocco so far, assured Dr. Mouad Mrabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Emergency Operations under the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, stressing that the health authorities are on alert and ready to implement their response plan.

In terms of health measures, Dr. Mrabet explained that travelers will not be subject to testing at border posts, as monkeypox is different from Covid-19. In a statement to the site Al3omkThe official clarified that travelers from African countries at risk will also not be tested, for the simple reason that symptoms of monkeypox are visible in most cases and asymptomatic cases are very rare.