After a few days of concern, the former head of government and secretary general of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, has left the military hospital in Rabat where he was hospitalized following complications related to Covid-19.
The Moroccan government is once again speaking out on the reopening of borders, arguing that this measure will be taken depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation in Morocco and in the world.
Like the new car market, used cars are also hit hard by the semiconductor crisis , recording almost stagnation compared to 2019.
After a worrying end of 2021, the epidemiological situation in Morocco has improved in early January. Contaminations remain at high levels, but the pace has slowed in recent days. The peak of the Omicron wave seems to have already been reached.
The wave of contamination due to the Omicron variant had been announced more virulent than the one known so far in Morocco. And it is, with the contamination of more than half of the healthcare staff in health services, especially in large cities.
Like many countries in the world, Morocco could ease the restrictive measures put in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus. With the emergence of the Omicron variant, Morocco has reached 8,500 cases per day, according to Professor Saïd Moutaouakil, a specialist in intensive care and member of the Scientific and Technical Committee. He indicated that all indicators point to an easing of restrictive measures.
The Salé court sentenced a young man to a 3-year prison sentence for "praise of terrorist acts" and "failure to report a terrorist crime". The 23-year-old defendant had criticized on Facebook the closure of mosques due to Covid-19.
The tourism sector has collapsed due to the effects of the persistence of the health crisis . But some professionals have also questioned the management by the authorities, a source of the regression of the sector in Morocco.
In 2021, Agadir-Al Massira airport recorded commercial air traffic of 605,048 passengers, up 2.96% compared to 2020, according to the National Airports Office (ONDA).
Morocco is one of the 19 countries that Germany has decided to classify as a "high-risk area", starting this Sunday, January 23, 2022, due to the increase in coronavirus infection figures.
Like many Moroccan tourist cities, Essaouira is suffering from the effects of the health crisis. Hotels and restaurants have gone bankrupt, plunging professionals and employees into distress.
The Moroccan authorities hope for an improvement in the epidemiological situation in the kingdom and in the world, to reopen the borders in the coming weeks.