Rabat – Germany’s Robert Koch Institute has reported the removal of Morocco from the list of COVID-19 “high-risk areas.”
The announcement came as part of the Institute’s weekly report, titled “Information on the designation of international risk areas.”
Jointly with the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building, and Community, and the Federal Foreign Office, the institute classifies the countries based on the “high risk of infection due to widespread occurrence of specific variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.”
According to the institute’s latest report published on February 18, German authorities no longer consider Morocco a high-risk country. Notably, the measure entered into force on February 20 at midnight.
Other countries removed from the list of “high-risk” territories include Algeria, Tunisia, France, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Today, travelers over six-years-old wishing to enter Germany from Morocco must present a negative test (PCR, LAMP, TMA, or antigenic) taken within 48 hours or proof of full vaccination or recovery from infection.
A fully vaccinated passenger is an individual who completed their vaccination protocol at least 14 days prior to travel and received vaccines recognized by the Paul-Ehrlich Institute. The authorized vaccines include Comirnaty, Moderna, Janssen, AstraZeneca, and Nuvaxovid vaccines.
To date, over 23 million Moroccans have received the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while recipients of the booster dose have reached 5.5 million.
Many Moroccans have benefitted from Sinopharm doses, which are not recognized by the Paul-Ehrlich Institute.
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