Covid-19 variants : Morocco suspends flights to and from Italy and Belgium

The Moroccan authorities decided on Monday to suspend flights to and from Italy and Belgium. «Following Moroccan Authorities decision, flights to and from : Italy and Belgium will be suspended starting from tonight», Air Arabia announced on Twitter. The same source recalls that flights to Spain and France «remain available».

As per the latest Moroccan guidelines, flights from Morocco to Italy and Belgium are suspended starting from midnight until further notice. Flights to Spain and France remain available.

— Air Arabia (@airarabiagroup) March 1, 2021

Last week, Morocco announced the suspension of flights to and from Turkey, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. A decision that is part of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 and the criteria of the Ministry of Health.

Since January 19, access to the Moroccan territory has been suspended for planes and passengers from Australia, Brazil, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark and the United Kingdom.

The Ministry of Health indicated, a few days ago, the detection of 21 new strains of the English variant of Covid-19, in the country, specifying that the total number of cases of this variant amounts to 24 strains.