Rome - The Moroccan embassy in Rome announced, on Monday, the establishment of a monitoring and communication unit for Moroccans residing in Italy to get information about their situation after the reporting of cases of the new coronavirus in some Italian regions.

Madrid - Spanish Transport Minister, Jose Luis Abalos, welcomed Sunday the support provided by neighboring countries, including Morocco, to reduce the impact of problems generated by disruption of air traffic in the Canary Islands, due to bad weather conditions.

Rabat - Policemen arrested Saturday night in the city of Agadir a truck driver in possession of 589 kg of cannabis resin, national police said in a statement.

Rabat - The General Delegation for prison administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) denied on Saturday allegations of a hunger strike by some of the detainees held as part of Al Hoceima events at the local prisons of Ras El-Ma in Fez and Guercif.

Addis Ababa - An emergency ministerial meeting of the African Union to discuss a continental strategy for preparedness and response to the coronavirus disease outbreak opened Saturday in Addis Ababa with the participation of Morocco.

Rabat - The Moroccan evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, hotbed of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), completed on Saturday their 20-day quarantine at the Sidi Said hospital in Meknes and the Mohammed V military hospital in Rabat, said the Ministry of Health, adding that no case of the novel coronavirus was registered among them.