May 20, 2020

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Wearing a mask is compulsory from the 1st day of Eid El-Fitr

The government has decided to make it “strictly compulsory” to wear masks in the public space from the first day of Eid El-Fitr, in order to better control the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) during this very favourable period for regrouping, travel and direct contact.

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

The days of the 1st and 2nd chaoual are unemployed and paid

The days of the 1st and 2nd chaoual 1441 are unemployed and paid for all staff of public institutions and administrations, public and private establishments and offices, as well as staff of public and private companies, all sectors and legal status combined, including staff paid by the hour or by the day, said Wednesday a joint press release from the General Directorate of Civil Service and Administrative Reform and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity.

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