Morocco

Risk Prevention and Public Compliance in MENA during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Economic Research Forum This working paper examines the association between people’s concern about contracting COVID-19 and their adoption of preventive behaviors by studying 34,219 observations from five MENA countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia. Working Paper

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Vaccination, Treatment, and Containment Policy to Reduce the Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Morocco

African Development Review This article presents a susceptible–exposed–infected–quarantined–removed (SEIQR) dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Neutralising Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Give Important Information on COVID-19 Epidemic Evolution in Rabat, Morocco, March 2020-February 2021

African Health Sciences This article aims to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) for illegible armed force individuals living in Rabat, Morocco. Journal Article

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Identification of New Dihydrophenanthrene Derivatives as Promising Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Drugs through In-Silico Investigations

Main Group Chemistry This article reports the findings of researchers in Casablanca who conducted an in-silico study using bioinformatics techniques to predict new noncovalent inhibitors with better activity against COVID-19. Journal Article

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Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters and Ascertainment Rate from Early Transmission of COVID-19 across Africa

Royal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article

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Implementing Distance Learning during COVID-19 in Morocco: Pedagogical Gains, Challenges, and Leaners’ Attitudes

Arab World English Journals This article investigates the pedagogical gains of implementing distance learning at Moroccan secondary schools via Microsoft Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges participants encountered. Journal Article

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Self-Medication During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in North Central of Morocco: Prevalence, Causes, and Associated Factors

Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products This article aims to explore the prevalence, sources of information, causes, and risk factors of self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic period in North Central Morocco. Journal Article

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A Comparative Hierarchical Data-Centric Approach to Monitor Social Permeability, Coping Potential and Social Vulnerability in Facing COVID-19 Crisis in Africa

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction This article considers social permeability, coping potential, and social vulnerability as the bases of assessment in a hierarchical independent approach to positioning 8 African countries (including Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria) with regards to their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Ethnobotanical Survey on Plants Used during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taza (Morocco) and Population Satisfaction According to the “Rules of Association” Approach

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy Research This article aims to determine the ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal plants used in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taza in Morocco, and the satisfaction of the latter using the associative database. Journal Article

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Determinants and Barriers to Innovation among Moroccan Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study

International Journal of Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Management and Economics This article reports on the findings of a regional innovation study conducted in the Fès-Meknès region in Morocco to identify difficulties related to financing, human resources, and the market during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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