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The country’s Interministerial COVID-19 Monitoring Committee issued a press release today to announce the news.
The committee attributed the country’s decision to the “rapid spread of the Omicron variant.”
Morocco detected the first Omicron case today in Casablanca. The patient, who is under health care in one of Casablanca’s hospitals, is in a stable health condition, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The committee said that the decision to suspend repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad comes in light of the worrying epidemiological situation in some European countries.
The statement emphasized that passenger flights to Morocco will be again banned, starting December 23.
“Moroccan authorities strongly recommend that Moroccan nationals concerned by the [repatriation plan] and who wish to return to the Kingdom, to make the necessary arrangements for their return, before this date.”
The committee emphasized that Morocco will continue to place the preservation of the health of Moroccans above all other considerations.
The committee’s statement came just a few days after the government allowed exceptional passenger flights to repatriate Moroccans stranded abroad.
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The repatriation operation, which started today, December 15, authorized passenger flights to Morocco from Portugal, Turkey, and the UAE.
The beneficiaries of the operation will have to undergo a seven-day confinement in hotels dedicated to the health protocol.
Morocco’s government will pay the hotel charges, while passengers have to pay their return tickets.
