EU Extends Travel Ban on Morocco as COVID-19 Cases Surge

The infection rate is now breaking all records. About 1,000 cases and 30 deaths per day. Given the danger posed by the instability of the country’s epidemiological situation, the European Union (EU) has officially decided, since August 7, 2020, to remove Morocco from the list of countries authorized to cross its borders.

Currently, only countries like Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and China, subject to reciprocity, have been given the green light. This is a list evaluated every 15 days and updated according to the epidemiological situation of these countries, reports Hespress.

Independently of the EU, France imposes on any traveler wishing to enter it, a negative PCR test dated less than 72 hours before boarding the plane. It is also necessary to have an exceptional international travel certificate (work, illness, studies, etc.) which has become a mandatory condition for entering French territory.

Moroccans wishing to travel to France must obtain the order duly signed by the Moroccan and French authorities to leave the country. The same applies to those wishing to access Morocco. As for Germany, it plans to impose a two-week quarantine on anyone returning from an affected area, the same source specifies.