Rabat – Morocco’s government is expected to extend the state of emergency for another month on Thursday, October 28.
The government will extend the measure during the cabinet council, according to government sources quoted in numerous local reports.
Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch will chair the government council, a statement from the presidency of the government announced today.
Traditionally, Morocco extends the state of emergency for one month. However, amid a worrying resurgence in COVID cases in August, the Moroccan government decided to extend the measure by two months, until October 31.
The state of emergency enables authorities to take proactive measures depending on the epidemiological situation.
The situation of COVID-19 in Morocco appears to be under control. After recording over 9,000 COVID-19 cases a day in late July and August, the North African country is now reporting between 200 and 300 cases per day.
As the effective and broadly successful national vaccination campaign progresses, the number of critical cases and the mortality rate have considerably decreased compared to August.
Despite a much improved COVID situation these past weeks, Moroccan health professionals continue to advise people to take precautionary measures seriously. Health experts are also calling for the speeding up of the vaccination campaign, urging eligible citizens to take the third dose.
To date, Morocco has fully vaccinated 21,711,741 while the numbers of first dose- and third dose-vaccinated people are 23,955,274 and 1,148,838 respectively.
