The Moroccan government, meeting Thursday in Rabat, decided to extend the state of health emergency for an additional month, until January 10, 2021, as part of the efforts to stem the spread of the pandemic of COVID-19.
The draft decree on the extension of the state of health emergency empowers the government authority responsible for the interior to take, in light of the epidemic situation, all appropriate measures at the national level.
Also, the governors of the prefectures and provinces are able to take all the necessary executive measures to maintain public health order.
This extension of the state of health emergency comes at a time when Morocco is preparing for the launch of a massive vaccination operation against the coronavirus, which continues to wreak havoc in the population with 364,190 confirmed cases and 5,985 deaths in the date of December 2, 2020.
