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FILE PHOTO: Doctor Meryem Bouchbika poses for a photograph with her colleague at Prince Moulay Abdellah hospital as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Sale, Morocco April 23, 2020. Picture taken April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal/
RABAT (Reuters) - The Moroccan government said it will impose a three-week curfew from 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) to 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) starting on Wednesday, to try to contain the novel coronavirus.
Shops, malls and restaurants will have to close at 8 p.m. across the country, but in the hard-hit cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier restaurants were asked to shut down for three weeks
The Moroccan government said it will impose a three-week curfew from 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) to 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) starting on Wednesday, to try to contain the novel coronavirus.