In response to questions by parliamentary groups during a plenary session of the House of Advisors over the presentation by the Head of Government on the management of quarantine after May 20, El Otmani pointed out that since the outbreak of the pandemic, it was decided to allow industrial and productive units that comply with health standards to continue their activities, a decision that is still in force.

"The food industry, the production of face masks and the pharmaceutical industry should continue their activities, but health security measures must be strengthened," he insisted.

In this regard, the Head of Government stressed that work standards were issued for the productive units in order to encourage them to continue their activities, noting that these conditions entail an additional cost. According to him, this concerns the reduction of workers in order to guarantee social distancing as a preventive measure, in addition to the cost of disinfectants and the precautions to be adopted during the production and marketing phases.

El Otmani recalled that a number of government departments have elaborated working guides for the various establishments and institutions, on the basis of which monitoring operations are carried out by regional commissions.

These structures, in which the Ministries of the Interior, Labor, Industry and Trade and Health are represented, have intensified their control actions for industrial units by making a total of 13,000 visits, he said.

He added that these commissions have controlled more than 1,715 units and have adopted decisions to close certain units for non-compliance with security conditions despite the warnings addressed to them.