Morocco-COVID-19: State of health emergency extended until June 30, 2022

The Moroccan Government decided this Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until June 30, 2022, to continue to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of measures taken by public authorities to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Government Council examined and adopted, this May 26, a draft decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory until June 30, 2022.

The state of health emergency, in force since March 2020 and that was scheduled to expire this May 31, seeks to preserve the progress made by Morocco in fighting the pandemic and minimize the danger related to the virus variants.

The state of health emergency enables the government to make swift, necessary decisions to curb the spread of COVID-19.

This umpteenth extension of the state of health emergency comes at a time Morocco is experiencing a noteworthy decrease in daily COVID-19 cases and fatalities.

The progress was made possible thanks to the vaccination campaign.