The Moroccan government Council, held in Rabat this Thursday Jan.07, has decided to extend the state of health emergency, that was scheduled to expire on Sunday Jan. 10, until February 10, 2021. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Sunday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. to Wednesday, February 10 at 6 p.m. The state of health emergency enables the government to make swift, necessary decisions to curb the spread of COVID-19. This is the tenth time that Morocco is extending the state of health emergency since the measure was first adopted on March 19. The health emergency extension comes as Morocco is poised to launch a large-scale vaccination campaign after it secured COVID-19 vaccines from international companies, including from China’s Sinopharm and UK’s AstraZeneca.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 07, 2021 14:15 UTC