
British Tourists Return to Agadir as Morocco Eases Travel Restrictions
The city of Agadir has just welcomed British tourists, the first since the easing of access conditions in the country. The travelers arrived in the Kingdom via a Ryanair flight.

The city of Agadir has just welcomed British tourists, the first since the easing of access conditions in the country. The travelers arrived in the Kingdom via a Ryanair flight.

Based on the new Covid-19 infection rates in the province of Fqih Ben Salah, the local authorities took restrictive measures on Friday. Travel to and from the province is only allowed for people with an exceptional certificate issued by the competent local authorities.

Possibility of access to Marrakech without authorization, this is the new proposal that the authorities of the ochre city are analyzing. This option is part of the easing of health measures imposed in the city.

While it was only 28 billion in 2019, the budget deficit reached 42.8 billion by the end of September 2020. It would have widened further (22.3 billion dirhams) without the contribution of the Covid-19 Fund.

The difficulty of access to care due to the congestion of hospital beds is the fundamental reason for the increase in the number of Covid-19 deaths in Morocco. But this picture is also the consequence of the lifting of confinement and a slowness noted in patients to present themselves in a health center for rapid care.

Pending the organization of the elections, some wealthy notables are hosting festive local meetings in their sumptuous homes in the north of the country. These gatherings are observed in order to establish a new "concerted" electoral map.

Morocco will start vaccinating "80% of people over 18" as soon as the Covid-19 vaccine is available. The kingdom is currently in phase 3 of clinical trials.

Contrary to rumors, the Ibn Sina hospital continues to provide care for serious or urgent Covid-19 cases. The hospital has also not interrupted surgical procedures.

Morocco is the 30th country in the world and the 2nd in Africa to have the most Covid-19 contamination cases.

The Congress of the Association of British Travel Agents and Tour Operators (ABTA) will be held in 2021 in Marrakech. The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) announced this in a video addressed to British tourists.

King Mohammed VI consulted with the Minister of Health about the progress of the Covid-19 vaccine under development.

Morocco could record some 400,000 coronavirus infections by the end of the year according to projections by the High Commission for Planning .