Morocco extends state of health emergency until November 2021

Morocco extends state of health emergency until November 2021
Thursday 28 October 2021 - 15:08

The Government Council, on Thursday formally extended the state of health emergency another 30 days to allow the government to  continue COVID-19 vaccination and curfews, said government spokesman Mostapha Baitas.

Under current rules, citizens must use a COVID-19 health pass to access public spaces including restaurants, cinemas, and other venues. 

Morocco recorded 398 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total of cases since the beginning of the outbreak to 945,201.

According to the latest tally by the ministry of health, 24,053,942 people received their first shot of the anti-covid-19 vaccine, while 21,835,545 were fully vaccinated.

The meeting today, Thursday in Rabat, decided to extend the state of “health emergency” for an additional month, from October 31 to the end of next November.

This decision was taken by the government to keep pace with the efforts of the Kingdom of Morocco to combat the outbreak of the new Corona virus pandemi

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