Highway traffic has been severely affected by the Covid-19 crisis. The first half of 2020 was impacted, as well as toll revenues, which are declining. Plunged into the red, the Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) is trying to recover.
The government has authorized schools, colleges and high schools in Casablanca , the epicenter of the coronavirus in Morocco, to reopen as of October 5th. It has also extended the curfew for two weeks due to the resurgence of new infections.
Going to a new lockdown at this time of resurgence of the crisis is not feasible. This would be dramatic for the Moroccan economy, stresses Chakib Alj, president of the CGEM, who insists on prevention to avoid this catastrophic scenario.
A Marshall emergency plan has been unveiled by tourism professionals in Agadir-Souss-Massa to revive the sector in the Kingdom. The intensification of domestic flights, the creation of small hotel management groups, among others, are part of it.
Morocco’s Covid-19 reproduction rate has been stable at 1.2 for the past three weeks. This emerges from the biweekly report on the epidemiological situation.
Tourism promoters have their souls riveted to the recovery and spare no effort to successfully carry out the winter season. According to Nadia Fettah Alaoui, the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, and Transport, two pillars support the promotion of the tourism sector: the reopening of air traffic and the implementation of competitive offers to attract more foreign tourists.
For this school year, some private schools in the Marrakech region are requiring each student to have a laptop, the price of which is around 6,000 dirhams. A real fortune, in the eyes of parents who have seized the regional directorates of National Education.
Faced with the increase in coronavirus infection cases in Mohammédia , the local authorities have extended the state of emergency for one week. New restrictive measures have been taken.
The Mamounia palace, which has been undergoing renovations for a few months, hopes to reopen its doors from October 16th. All that tourism operators are waiting for is the lifting of the state of emergency and real air programming.
Morocco is actively participating in ongoing clinical trials to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Like several other countries, the kingdom has also undertaken research to find a vaccine.
In order to carry out a rapid examination of the coronavirus and report positive cases, Moroccan pharmacists have asked to be associated with this operation.
Morocco experienced its worst day on Monday, September 28, 2020 with the death of 44 people following their contamination with the coronavirus . Since the announcement of the first case on March 10, 2113 people have died of Covid-19 in the Kingdom.