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Rabat – Morocco’s government council on Thursday extended the country’s state of emergency until April 30.
Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch chaired the meeting in which the council approved plans to keep the state emergency in place for another month, in case any urgent action is needed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The measure is part of Morocco’s efforts to contain the spread of the deadly Coronavirus.
Morocco first introduced a state of emergency in March 2020 when the North African country recorded its first COVID-19 cases.
The measure allows authorities to take proactive actions to tackle potential deterioration in the epidemiological situation.
The health situation is relatively stable compared to the last couple of months, with the number of daily COVID-19 cases currently ranging between 60 and 70.
As of Wednesday, COVID-19 active cases – which measures the number of people who currently have the virus – reached 571, one of the lowest figures recorded in the country since the outbreak of the virus.
To date, Morocco has recorded 1,162,686 COVID-19 cases, 16,055 COVID deaths. A total of 1,146,060 people have now recovered from it.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus has also seen a sharp decrease in the past few months.
