RABAT, Morocco — Thousands of travelers are stranded in Morocco, which has closed its borders, gone into lockdown and is shuttering hotels in major cities to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Besides getting airlines to put on hundreds of extra flights, French officials announced a special site Thursday to help French travelers waiting to get home. American tourists and students, in contrast, say the U.S. government has done little to help them, forcing them to figure things out on their own. Several hundred are scattered in cities around the country, sleeping on floors in the Marrakech airport, holed up in one of the last hotels open in Rabat and banding together on a Facebook group — U.S. Citizens Trapped in Morocco. Some say they are running out of blood pressure pills and other medicines.

Source: International New York Times March 19, 2020 22:30 UTC