The health situation in Morocco is improving. According to Mouad Merabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Health Emergency Operations at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the country has just moved back to green.
After several postponements due to the Covid-19 health crisis , the airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will operate its first Casablanca/Tel-Aviv flight on March 13. It will transport a Moroccan delegation to Israel.
Continuing its marketing plan put in place to boost the resumption of activities , the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) has launched two simultaneous campaigns to promote the Moroccan destination. One for domestic tourism, the other for international tourism.
The Ministry of Tourism has unveiled the distribution of the two billion allocated to support the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the health crisis. Here are the details.
From the red level, the epidemiological situation in Morocco has moved, since the week of February 7 to 13, to the "orange" level of vigilance, according to the announcement made by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. The contamination rate with the "Omicron" variant has decreased by 50% nationwide, the Health Department said.
France is about to remove Morocco from the orange zone to place it in the green zone characterized by negligible or moderate circulation of Covid-19.
Faced with the reluctance of some Moroccans to get vaccinated, Professor Azzedine Ibrahimi, member of the Technical and Scientific Committee to fight the pandemic, proposes the suspension of the daily report on Covid-19 and the abandonment of free vaccination.
Since the reopening of the Moroccan borders, Marrakech-Menara airport is attracting the largest number of passengers. A 22% increase in the week of February 14-20 compared to the week of February 7-13, according to the established flight schedule.
The Minister of Health and Social Protection and the Scientific and Technical Committee are holding a meeting this Monday, February 14, during which a new strategy to fight the coronavirus should be adopted. Are we heading towards the lifting of health restrictions?
For two years, the health crisis related to the coronavirus has had a negative impact on the activity of fortune-tellers, also called "chouwafates". Their morale has started to decline.
The hotel market in Morocco should experience a 6.40% annual growth, achieving a turnover of $1.87 billion during the 2021-2026 period, according to a recent study by the Technavio firm.
The opening of stadiums to Moroccan supporters will have to wait. On Thursday, the government announced that it will be conditional on the administration of the third dose of the Covid vaccine.