About 20 Spanish teachers from 11 schools in the education section of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco decided to return to their home country at the start of the coronavirus crisis. According to El Español, around ten of them have been dismissed for «abandoning their posts», while the others are awaiting their official notice of dismissal. «They will be penalized and for three years they will not be able to return to work in Morocco», the same source
Foreign workers in Gulf countries are between the devil and the blue sea. In addition to the risk of getting infected with Covid-19, they could be forced to leave the country due to new government plans.
A Moroccan chartered plane has landed at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, to transport South Korean-made coronavirus test kits and disinfection equipment, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Tuesday. The plane was parked at the airport on April 14, the same source said, adding that it arrived early in the morning, bringing «31 South Koreans and the Moroccan spouse of one of them in an evacuation from the African nation». The plane returned home right after
Between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, Morocco recorded 75 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing to 1,838 the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country. As for the death toll, the Ministry said that in total 126 people died after contracting the virus in Morocco while 210 recovered. 7,771 suspected cases have been excluded after they tested negative for the virus, the same source added.
In a press release, the health authorities in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra announced, Tuesday, that the four coronavirus cases recorded in the region have all recovered. The same source reported that the first case recovered on April 10 and the second on April 12. «On Tuesday, the two other cases will leave quarantine after their tests were negative. They will be transferred on board an ambulance to the province of Boujdour», it added. Local health authorities said that no case
Marlene and Dan are two American citizens who found themselves stranded in Morocco at a time when the country imposed strict travel restrictions to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. Alongside their three children, the couple is among the tourists and foreigners who struggled on their way out of the Kingdom.
Morocco registered 102 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases registered in the country to 1,763. The country has also registered 8 new deaths, bringing the number of deaths to 126, as well as 26 recoveries, 203 in total, confirmed by laboratory tests. During the daily press briefing on the pandemic situation in Morocco, the chief of the directorate of epidemiology and the fight against infectious diseases at the
Nearly 3,000 Dutch-Moroccans have been stranded in Morocco since the country's borders were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Dutch media, this blockage is due in particular to diplomatic tensions between the two countries, especially since some European dual national citizens were able to go home. Quoted by NL Times, the Moroccan-Dutch association (SMN) indeed stresses «double standards», with «distinction being made between the members of the Moroccan
Repatriation operations for foreign tourists stranded in Morocco was resumed on Friday and Saturday. The US consulate in Casablanca announced on Friday that it organized another evacuation flight from Morocco, repatriating more than 200 passengers. In a tweet from the US Embassy in Morocco, diplomatic officials highlighted that the plan is «part of the State Department effort to bring Americans home». «Thank you to the Moroccan government and British Airways for helping us
Morocco is one of the few countries that have not set up a repatriation plan for its nationals stranded abroad amid the coronavirus lockdown. The United Arab Emirates has threatened to impose restrictions on countries that refuse to receive their nationals.
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