01 – 03 March, 2021

Morocco suspends its air links with Italy and Belgium

Morocco is in the process of closing down after the discovery on its soil of more than twenty cases of contamination with the English variant of COVID-19, which is ravaging Europe.

Thus, and as part of its fight against the spread of the Coronavirus, Morocco has suspended its air links with Italy and Belgium as of this night of Monday 1 March.

The news was announced by the general manager of the airline company Air Arabia Maroc.

Italy and Belgium thus join several European countries, where the English variant is gaining ground and with which the Kingdom has decided to suspend its air links, notably Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

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Morocco extends precautionary measures against COVID-19

The government has decided to extend the precautionary measures adopted on 13 January last to fight against the new coronavirus (COVID-19) by two weeks, starting on Tuesday 2 March at 9 pm.

A government press release specifies that this decision is based on the recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Commission on the need to maintain the measures necessary to fight against the coronavirus.

The extension also comes after the global evolution of the pandemic following the emergence of new variants of the virus, the statement continued, saying it is part of ongoing efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic and limit its negative impact.

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