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Morocco to spend $200 million to brace health system for coronavirus

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Moroccan security forces launch a raid in Rabat, Moroccan, 27 March 2020. After recording 58 new cases of the coronavirus infection and 11 new deaths in Morocco, bringing the number of COVID-19 coronavirus infections in the country to 333 and the number of deaths to 21, Moroccan security forces launched a massive raid campaign in Rabat to arrest the violators of the curfew imposed by the authorities since last Friday. EPA-EFE/JALAL MORCHIDI

Morocco will spend an initial 2 billion dirhams ($200 million) to help its health system cope with the coronavirus outbreak, the finance ministry said on Friday as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 333.

It will spend the money on 1,000 more intensive care beds, 550 ventilators and 100,000 testing kits, as well as medicine and other equipment, the ministry added.

The government has put 1 billion dirhams into a special fund for its coronavirus response, which has been topped up with private donations.

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