Morocco Clarifies: Vaccine Pass Alone Not Sufficient for Nighttime Travel Between Cities

Le360 learned from government sources that the vaccine pass "alone cannot allow a traveler to travel between 11 p.m. and 4:30 a.m., if he does not have a special authorization." Moreover, the police and royal gendarmerie services have all received a circular giving them full power to stop any traveler who only has a health pass. "Any person who does not have a special authorization to travel during this night-time slot is considered in violation of the regulations, even if he has a vaccine pass."

If the traveler is intercepted and checked between two cities, "he is automatically turned back to his place of origin after paying a fine of 300 dirhams for each offense." However, the vaccine pass remains valid and authorized for inter-city travel.

To cope with the surge in cases of contamination, the government has taken new measures including "the ban on night-time travel nationwide from 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. People working in vital and essential sectors and those representing urgent medical cases are excluded from this ban."