
Morocco Drops PCR Test Requirements for Entry and Exit, Easing Travel Restrictions
On Tuesday, May 17, Morocco canceled the PCR test requirement to enter its territory. It also does not require a PCR test to leave the country.

On Tuesday, May 17, Morocco canceled the PCR test requirement to enter its territory. It also does not require a PCR test to leave the country.

Health centers in Spain are facing high demand for Covid-19 vaccination since the reopening on Tuesday of the borders of Ceuta and Melilla. This is due to the vaccination pass required to enter Morocco.

In Morocco, the maintenance of the double requirement to present a vaccination pass and a negative PCR test for travelers arriving by air at Moroccan airports is having a negative impact on the recovery of the tourism activity severely affected by the health crisis related to Covid-19.

The easing of the double requirement to present a vaccination pass and a negative PCR test for air travelers arriving at Moroccan airports is becoming clearer.

The Philippines now accepts national Covid-19 vaccination certificates issued by Morocco, Kenya and Serbia.

More and more Moroccans are calling for a total lifting of restrictions, given the continuous improvement in the health situation. However, according to Mouad Merabet, chief epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, the authorities should not rush.

Farida Khniti, a deputy of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), calls on the government council to ease the entry conditions to Morocco, as the vaccine and PCR test are still mandatory for air travel.

For a few weeks now, the epidemiological situation in Morocco has been improving significantly with a significant drop in cases of Covid-19 contamination, cases in intensive care and even deaths. Data that suggest that Morocco could embark on a gradual return to normal life.

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.

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.

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.

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.