May 28, 2020

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Algeria will continue to use the chloroquine therapeutic protocol

In a statement to the APS, Mr. Bekkat, also president of the National Council of the Algerian Medical Association, said that Algeria will continue the use, against the new coronavirus, of the therapeutic protocol based on chloroquine, which has not caused any side effects to patients undergoing this treatment to date”. He stressed in this context that the use of this protocol in the treatment of the new coronavirus in Algeria “is carried out in a scientific framework, with a careful monitoring of patients even after their recovery.

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Partial containment maintained until 13 June, total lifting for 4 wilayas

“After consulting the scientific committee and the health authority on the evolution of the epidemiological situation related to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and after agreement of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelaziz Djerad has taken the following decisions:

1/ The total lifting of the confinement for the Wilayas of Saïda, Tindouf, Illizi and Tamanrasset.
2/ The application of a partial confinement at home, from 5 p.m. until the following day at 7 a.m., applicable to the wilayas of Batna, Béjaia, Blida, Tlemcen, Tiaret, Tizi-Ouzou, Algiers, Sétif, Sidi Bellabes, Constantine, Annaba, Médéa, Oran, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Tipaza and Ain Defla and this, for a period of fifteen (15) days, applicable from Saturday 30 May until Saturday 13 June 2020.

3/ The extension, for the rest of the wilayas, of the partial confinement at home from 7 p.m. until the next day at 7 a.m. for a period of fifteen (15) days, applicable from Saturday 30 May until Saturday 13 June 2020.

For more information (in French), please consult the following link.