Seven cattle souks intended for the sacrifice of Aid Al Adha were closed for failure to comply with the sanitary measures required to prevent the spread of Covid19, a joint statement from the Ministries of the Interior and Agriculture said on Tuesday , Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.
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“As part of the preventive health measures to prevent the spread of Covid19 in the cattle souks intended for the sacrifice of Aid Al Adha, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests have closed several souks across the Kingdom on the basis of the observations and recommendations of the local souk monitoring commissions in accordance with the guide published jointly on this subject ”, adds the same source, specifying that in total, seven souks were closed for non-compliance with the required health measures.
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This is the Souk Al Had in Sidi Bouknadel-Salé (Region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra) closed on July 27, the Souk el Arba el Aounate in the Province of Sidi Bennour (Region of Casablanca-Settat) which will be closed from July 29 and Souk Had Lfraita in the Province of El Kelaa des Sraghnas (Marrakech-Safi Region, closed on July 27.
In the region of Fès-Meknes, 3 souks namely bouderbala (Commune Boubidmane), sebt jahjouh and Ras Jerry were closed on July 20, underlines the press release, specifying that at the level of the region of Beni Mellal-Khénifra, souk Ait Ishak in Khenifra was closed on July 28.
The competent services of the two Ministries remain mobilized, in close coordination with the departments, establishments, municipalities and professional organizations concerned, to ensure compliance with the sanitary conditions and the measures required at the level of the souks, the control of the transport of animals intended for to Eid as well as for the respect of sanitary measures on the day of Eid by those involved in the slaughtering process, says the same source, recalling that the preventive sanitary measures to be respected have been published in a practical guide which has been widely disseminated.
This guide indicates the organizational measures to be implemented in the cattle markets intended for Eid Al Adha, in terms of layout and access, as well as the sanitary measures to be observed on Eid day by butchers and trades. cyclical around the event, underlines the press release.
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