Customs at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca on July 15, 2020. – Abdeljalil Bounhar / AP / SIPA
Restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus are increasingly loosening in Morocco. It must be said that more than 9 million people have been vaccinated there against Covid-19, including 5.8 million with two injections, out of a total population of just over 36 million inhabitants. The country’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday the “gradual” reopening of air borders from June 15.
Two lists of countries have been drawn up with different access rules: list A includes “all countries with positive indicators” including those of the European Union, while list B concerns 74 countries with “a spread of variants or the absence of precise statistics on the epidemiological situation ”, including India, Algeria, Argentina and South Africa. In addition, Moroccans living abroad will be able from June 15 to return to the country by sea, from the ports of Sète in France and Genoa in Italy, with a negative PCR test on boarding and another carried out. on board.
Lists updated “at least twice a month”
At airports, travelers arriving from List A countries, whether Moroccan or not, must carry a vaccination certificate and / or a negative result of a PCR test of less than 48 hours. Those coming from countries appearing on list B will have to have exceptional authorizations, a negative PCR test of less than 48 hours and undergo a medical isolation of 10 days once there. The two lists will be updated “regularly at least twice a month as needed”, according to the Foreign Ministry.
In recent days, the kingdom has relaxed several restrictions related to Covid-19: implementation of a vaccination pass allowing to travel abroad, to move without restrictions at the national level and beyond the past night curfew from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. or even later opening of restaurants (11 p.m.). The authorities also authorized the resumption of collective prayers. Cinemas and theaters, as well as public swimming pools, have reopened again, after nearly fifteen months of closure.