The USA placed Morocco on the list of countries with a “high risk of infection with Covid 19,” advising its citizens to be fully vaccinated before arrival to the country.
The US State Department advised travelers wishing to come to Morocco to obtain a full vaccination against Covid 19 and stressed that those without full vaccination should avoid coming to the Kingdom.
The CDC recommended that vaccines be taken by everyone 6 months old and over, and boosters for everyone 5 years old.
The Department of State warned against an increased risk of death for those with moderately or severely weakened immunity.
Morocco is experiencing a peak in new COVID-19 infections, dominated by increased circulation of the Omicron’s BA.5 subvariant.
“Morocco has already witnessed a peak in infections with the outbreak of Omicron’s BA.1 by the end of 2021, and then BA.2 which is more transmissible than BA.1,” medical researcher on health policies Tayeb Hamdi told Hespress EN.
“BA.5 is highly transmissible compared to the first two subvariants,” the Doctor added.
“Unlike the previous subvariants, the vast majority of people infected with the current subvariant are symptomatic,” he further specified.
“On the epidemic level, it is good that the virus manifests itself in symptoms so that people can get tested,” he added.
Hamdi further stated that this subvariant is more contagious, the symptoms are stronger than BA.1, and with a longer disease duration of 7 days, instead of 4 days.
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