The spread of the new coronavirus in the Tindouf camps in the Algerian territory is raising serious concerns in the European Parliament, which is wondering what measures the European Commission intends to take with regard to Algeria to protect the populations held captive in these camps under its responsibility.

Residents of the rural commune of Boucraâ (province of Laâyoune) benefited last week from the free distribution of around 3,000 medical masks and sterilization liquids, as part of prevention measures aimed at combating the spread of the coronavirus ( Covid-19).

The health services of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region have carried out 85 contamination tests of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), the regional health delegation said on Friday.

The southern provinces received a total of 115,000 quintals of subsidized barley from the targeted safeguard program set up by the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests for the benefit of pastoralists areas affected by the lack of rain.

The coronavirus contamination (Covid-19) has been reset to zero in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, after all those infected with the virus have recovered.