Depending on the level of control of the health crisis related to Covid-19, the economic recovery in the kingdom should begin this year 2021. This recovery could reach a growth of 5.3%.
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) is facing other difficulties, as the Moroccan airspace is closed until June 10 to certain European countries where many Moroccan internationals expected at the preparation camp are based. These include France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany.
Moroccan tourism is still shaken by the Covid pandemic. Despite the measures taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the sector, arrivals of tourists at border posts have recorded a 78% drop.
A new miniaturized portable device to detect Covid in 20 seconds. This is the result of research by scientists from the "Digitization & Intelligent Micro-Electronic Devices" center of the MAScIR Foundation, under Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Designed to provide results on a smartphone, the test has several advantages, including the absence of reagents for its realization.
In the absence of presentation of anti-coronavirus tests, as required by the health protocol put in place by the FRMF, the authorities of Marrakech refused that the match between Kawkab de Marrakech and Ittihad Zemmouri de Khemisset be played.
Tourism in the colors of the recovery in Marrakech last weekend. About a hundred hotel establishments out of the 240 operating in the ochre city, the heart of Moroccan tourism, have reopened, offering a few moments of good business.
The technical and scientific committee held a meeting on Monday, May 17 to analyze the epidemiological situation in Morocco . Its members say they are in favor of easing internal restrictive measures, as "the indicators are not worrying". However, they call on the government to be extremely vigilant about the reopening of borders.
A Moroccan delegation composed of operators, hoteliers and travel agents is taking part in the activities of the 28th edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the leading travel industry event in the Middle East.
Morocco would be seriously considering adopting a health pass for [Moroccans living abroad (MRE)] and tourists. A vaccination passport in the form of a vaccination certificate that will allow travel in complete safety with fewer possible restrictions, according to the expert, Malika Lahnait, a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in air transport and tourism law.
Morocco should receive a new shipment of 2 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine this week, according to Saif Afif, member of the National Scientific Committee for Anti-Covid Vaccination.
The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday, May 16, that the vaccination campaign is being extended to people aged between 45 and 50 years old. A decision that comes just after Morocco received 650,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as part of the Covax program.
It is difficult to imagine Marrakech without its carriages and the sound of hooves clattering on the cobblestones. It has become the undisputed tourist emblem of the ochre city that has managed to withstand time despite urbanization and modernization.