More than 60 new cases of Corona virus were registered in the prison in southern Morocco, most of which were staff members, according to the kingdom's prison administration, noting that all inmates of this prison were subjected to a virus detection test.
The General Commissioner of Prisons said in a statement on Monday night that tests to detect the Corona virus revealed the infection of 60 employees and 6 prisoners in the local prison in Ouarzazate (south), noting that "all prisoners in the institution concerned are subjected to testing for this virus in order to determine the infections occurring in its ranks" .
These cases add to 11 other cases announced Sunday in the prisons of Marrakesh (south) and the Grand Palace (north), which included 9 employees and two prisoners, according to the General Commission for Prisons, which indicated that the "decline" of HIV infections inside prisons, which currently includes about 80 thousand prisoners, "thanks to the precautionary measures "That was taken.
The delegate had announced that prison staff were subjected to a quarantine system inside it, so that they would work in cohorts alternately for a period of two weeks in order to deal with the outbreak.
Under a special royal pardon, in early April, Morocco released more than 5,654 prisoners to reduce the risk of a pandemic within prisons.
Other countries in the Middle East and North Africa took similar action amid fears of a pandemic in prisons and after calls for the release of prisoners were ignored by other countries.
As of Tuesday morning, the number of people infected with the virus in Morocco totaled 3186, of whom 144 had died and 359 had recovered.