Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan

Moroccan medics isolated from families have lonely Ramadan

RABAT (Reuters) - The holy Muslim month of Ramadan is proving particularly lonely and challenging for 30 Moroccan doctors and nurses who have been living in a luxury hotel now for nearly seven weeks to avoid the risk of infecting their families with the new coronavirus.. Morocco has fewer than 1,000 intensive care doctors, so keeping them healthy is critical to its pandemic response.. Many hotels across the kingdom have offered to host medical staff or to isolate mild cases until they test negative and can return home.. Image: Nurse anaesthetist Teimi Hakima uses a laptop to make a video call and speak with her family in her room at hotel Dawliz which is used as a temporary shelter location for all medical stuff to increase social distancing during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sale, Morocco.. Egypt will have to coexist with coronavirus until vaccine: Health Minister. Egypt obtains advanced early diagnostic devices to detect coronavirus.