Morocco has officially recorded around 950,000 Covid-19 cases and more than 14,500 deaths.Įarlier this month, the North African kingdom lifted a night-time curfew imposed months earlier to curb the spread of coronavirus. In October, Morocco said it was suspending flights to and from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia due to concerns about coronavirus trends in those countries. Some 80,000 French nationals live in Morocco. It had already decided to suspend flights to and from France amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Europe.įrance has the world's largest Moroccan expatriate community, with more than one million Moroccans living in the EU member state. Morocco, whose economy relies heavily on tourism, had announced Friday a ban on entry to travellers from South Africa and six other African nations. The variant was first detected in South Africa, with cases reported in several countries, prompting nations to reimpose containment measures that many had hoped were a thing of the past. The decision has been taken because of the quick spread of the new Covid variant, Omicron, namely in Europe and Africa, and. The announcement came hours after Israel said it would be closing its borders to foreign tourists from Sunday evening in a bid to stem the spread of the Omicron variant. Rabat Morocco will halt incoming passenger flights for two weeks starting Monday night amid concern over the spread of a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant dubbed Omicron, a government committee said. Repatriation flights departing Morocco will be organised in collaboration with embassies on a case by case basis, an official source said. It said the measure would take effect from 11:59 pm (2259 GMT) Monday for two weeks, and would be evaluated regularly to make "adjustments if necessary".
to protect the health of Moroccan citizens," the committee tasked with overseeing Morocco's Covid response said in a statement. "The decision has been taken because of the quick spread of the new Covid variant, Omicron, namely in Europe and Africa, and in order. The country also suspended the visa-on-arrival scheme. Morocco has officially recorded about 950,000 coronavirus cases and more than 14,700 deaths.Įarlier this month, the North African kingdom lifted a nighttime curfew imposed months earlier to curb the spread of COVID-19.Morocco will halt incoming passenger flights for two weeks starting Monday night amid concern over the spread of a new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant dubbed Omicron, a government committee said. Bahrain announced a reduction in the number of incoming flights until further notice, starting on March 18. The action is in response to the spread of the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. In October, Morocco said it was suspending flights to and from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia due to concerns about coronavirus trends in those countries. Morocco’s Foreign Ministry announced today that it is banning all air travel to the country for two weeks beginning on Monday. It had already decided to suspend flights to and from France amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Europe.įrance has the world’s largest Moroccan expatriate community, with more than one million Moroccans living in the European Union member state. Morocco, whose economy relies heavily on tourism, had announced on Friday a ban on entry to travellers from South Africa and six other African nations. The variant was first detected in South Africa, with cases reported in several countries, prompting nations to reimpose travel curbs that many had hoped were a thing of the past. The announcement came hours after Israel said it would be closing its borders to foreign tourists from Sunday evening over Omicron.
“The decision has been taken because of the quick spread of the new COVID variant, Omicron, namely in Europe and Africa, and in order … to protect the health of Moroccan citizens,” it said. Morocco has said it will halt incoming passenger flights for two weeks as concern grows over a new, heavily mutated variant of the coronavirus dubbed Omicron.Ī government committee tasked with overseeing the country’s COVID-19 response said in a statement on Sunday the measure would take effect from 11:59 pm (22:59 GMT) on Monday and would be evaluated regularly to make “adjustments if necessary.” Morocco suspends all incoming flights over Omicron
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