Deputies Nabila Mounib and Fatima Zohra Tamni of the PSU and the AFG were unable to access parliament on Monday evening to participate in the plenary session devoted to oral questions. Nabila Mounib, who is one of the signatories of a petition calling on the government to review the mandatory nature of the vaccine pass , had warned that she would not present her pass at the entrance to parliament.
Since October 21, the health pass has become mandatory in all public spaces. Even if the owners of cafes, restaurants and other leisure venues do not want to play the role of gendarmes at the doors of their establishments, the government has instructed the authorities, who are moving to ensure the strict application of this measure.
To successfully manage the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco has spent, until the end of September, more than 6 billion dirhams for the purchase of vaccines, from the Special Fund for the Management of Covid-19 created in 2020.
Khalid Aït Taleb , affirmed on Monday, October 25, 2021, before the deputies of the first Chamber, that the debate raised around the obligation to wear the vaccine pass is "secondary". The Minister of Health and Social Protection went to explain the reasons why the vaccine pass has been imposed in all public places.
Several dozen people demonstrated in Rabat against the government’s decision to impose the vaccine pass without notice, preventing unvaccinated people from accessing public and private administrations as well as public spaces such as restaurants and leisure centers.
A new shipment of the American-German vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech, is expected in Morocco this Tuesday. In total, 850,000 doses will be received.
Regular flights are operated by Easyjet and TUI airlines until October 30 to repatriate British citizens stranded in the kingdom.
The suspension of flights with Russia is bad news for Moroccan students who are facing many difficulties to get there. Morocco has placed Russia on list B, with tougher entry conditions.
The Moroccan Bar Association disapproves of the government’s "sudden" decision to make the vaccine pass mandatory . It calls for the cancellation of this measure which, according to it, is contrary to the Constitution.
The government’s decision to impose the vaccine pass in administrations and certain public places continues to elicit reactions. After internet users, it is the turn of certain political circles such as Nabila Mounib of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), who is calling on the government to abandon this decision at the risk of being taken to court.
24.4% of Moroccan households expect a deterioration in their standard of living over the next 12 months, according to data revealed by the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upwards its growth forecasts for Morocco in 2021, now estimated at 5.7% compared to 4.5% previously.