The Royal Court in Morocco announced on Thursday the activation of an immediate plan to shelter those affected and rebuild the areas affected by the earthquake that struck the center of the country last Friday, while rescue teams managed to rescue a woman alive in the province of Taroudant 6 days after the earthquake.

The Moroccan Royal Court said in a statement that King Mohammed VI chaired a working meeting dedicated to activating an urgent program to rehouse those affected by the earthquake, which includes 50,5 homes in <> affected provinces (including the provinces of El Haouz, Taroudant and Chichaoua).

The statement pointed out that the program includes temporary shelter for affected families, and the granting of emergency assistance worth 30,3 dirhams (approximately $<>,<>) to each of the affected families.

The program also includes immediate reconstruction initiatives, and in this context, direct financial assistance will be provided in the amount of 140,14 dirhams ($ 80,8) to compensate families whose homes have completely collapsed, and <>,<> dirhams ($ <>,<>) to cover the rehabilitation of partially collapsed houses.

Last Monday, Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch chaired a meeting of the committee tasked with rebuilding areas affected by the worst natural disaster to hit Morocco in nearly a century, and announced the launch of a reconstruction program.

According to the latest toll published by the Moroccan Interior Ministry, the earthquake that struck the provinces of El Haouz, Taroudant, Chichaoua and Marrakech High Atlas last Friday evening killed 2946,5674 and injured <>,<> others.


Rescuing a woman in Taroudant

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's Othman Ay Farah said a woman had been rescued from the rubble in the village of Tizi Ntast, which lies on the road between Marrakech and Taroudant.

He said the rescue of the woman alive about a week after the quake, which devastated entire villages in the provinces of Haouz, Taroudant and Chichaoua, was a miracle.

Al Jazeera correspondent pointed out that rescue efforts in the areas affected by the earthquake are still continuing in the hope that other neighborhoods will be rescued and the wounded will be moved from remote places.

Mountain roads leading to remote villages continue to be opened amid fears of new rockslides.

The Moroccan army is leading the relief effort, with the support of relief groups and teams sent by 4 countries, namely Qatar, the UAE, Britain and Spain, but the rough terrain, damaged roads and the distance of villages are factors that led to the difficulty of the teams' work, as the affected places are located on high mountains, such as villages belonging to the cities of Amizmiz, Chichaoua and Taroudant, and the fall of huge stones on the roads also contributed to hindering the work of bulldozers.

After houses were completely and partially destroyed in the affected areas, many residents set up tents waiting to shelter them.


Aftershocks

Meanwhile, on Thursday morning, more aftershocks occurred in the area hit by the quake.

The correspondent of Al Jazeera said that the strongest of these tremors occurred at seven in the morning local time, with a magnitude of 4.8 degrees on the Richter scale.

He added that the strongest tremor was felt by people in Marrakech, El Haouz and Taroudant.

The correspondent pointed out that this tremor caused the fall of some houses that are demolished as a result of last Friday's earthquake, specifically in Amizmiz in Al-Haouz province.

Al Jazeera correspondent Maysa al-Fatnasi said the feeling of fear is heightened in the affected areas after the new aftershocks.

Despite this, solidarity campaigns in Morocco continue on a large scale to deliver aid to those affected.

The International Red Cross has launched an appeal for more than $100 million to provide for Morocco's urgent needs to contain the effects of the quake.