covid-19 pandemic in morocco covid-19 pandemic in morocco the covid-19 pandemic in morocco was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). the virus was confirmed to have spread to morocco on 2 march 2020, when the first case covid-19 case was confirmed in casablanca. it involved a moroccan expatriate residing in bergamo, italy, who arrived from italy on 27 february. a second case was confirmed later that same day involving an 89-year-old woman moroccan residing in italy who had returned to morocco on 25 february from bologna, italy. as the outbreak widened in morocco, in mid-march the government closed schools and suspended international passenger flights. covid-19 pandemic in morocco 0 1-9 10-19 20-49 50-99 + 100 confirmed cases per province +300 +1000 +3000 +7000 +10000 confirmed cases per region <10 ≥10 ≥30 ≥50 ≥100 ≥150 confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitantsdiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationmoroccofirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaindex casecasablancaarrival date2 march 2020(3 years, 2 months, 1 week and 4 days)confirmed cases1,272,490 (9 march 2023) active cases325,958recovered930,236 (15 november 2021) deaths16,296 (9 march 2023) government websitecovidmaroc.ma as of 6 august 2021, there have been 676,683 confirmed cases, of which 598,958 have recovered and 10,163 have died. the government officially counts that 14,981,732 citizens have received the first vaccine injection, of whom 10,870,130 have also received the second injection. background on 12 january 2020, the world health organization (who) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in wuhan, hubei, china, which was reported to the who on 31 december 2019. the case fatality ratio for covid-19 has been much lower than sars of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. model-based simulations for morocco suggest that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number r t has been stable below 1.0 since november 2020. timeline covid-19 cases in morocco (including occupied western sahara) () deaths recoveries active cases2020202020212021marmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovlast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-03-021(n.a.) ⋮1(=) 2020-03-052(+100%) ⋮2(=) 2020-03-103(+50%)1(n.a.) 2020-03-116(+100%)1(=) 2020-03-126(=)1(=) 2020-03-138(+33%)1(=) 2020-03-1418(+125%)1(=) 2020-03-1528(+56%)1(=) 2020-03-1637(+32%)1(=) 2020-03-1744(+19%)2(+100%) 2020-03-1854(+23%)2(=) 2020-03-1963(+17%)2(=) 2020-03-2079(+25%)3(+50%) 2020-03-2196(+22%)3(=) 2020-03-22115(+20%)4(+33%) 2020-03-23143(+24%)4(=) 2020-03-24170(+19%)5(+25%) 2020-03-25225(+32%)6(+20%) 2020-03-26275(+22%)10(+67%) 2020-03-27345(+25%)23(+130%) 2020-03-28402(+17%)25(+8.7%) 2020-03-29479(+19%)26(+4%) 2020-03-30556(+16%)33(+27%) 2020-03-31617(+11%)36(+9.1%) 2020-04-01654(+6%)39(+8.3%) 2020-04-02708(+8.3%)44(+13%) 2020-04-03791(+12%)48(+9.1%) 2020-04-04919(+16%)59(+23%) 2020-04-051,021(+11%)70(+19%) 2020-04-061,120(+9.7%)80(+14%) 2020-04-071,184(+5.7%)90(+12%) 2020-04-081,275(+7.7%)93(+3.3%) 2020-04-091,374(+7.8%)97(+4.3%) 2020-04-101,448(+5.4%)107(+10%) 2020-04-111,545(+6.7%)111(+3.7%) 2020-04-121,661(+7.5%)118(+6.3%) 2020-04-131,763(+6.1%)126(+6.8%) 2020-04-141,888(+7.1%)126(=) 2020-04-152,024(+7.2%)127(+0.79%) 2020-04-162,283(+13%)130(+2.4%) 2020-04-172,564(+12%)135(+3.8%) 2020-04-182,685(+4.7%)137(+1.5%) 2020-04-192,855(+6.3%)141(+2.9%) 2020-04-203,046(+6.7%)143(+1.4%) 2020-04-213,209(+5.4%)145(+1.4%) 2020-04-223,446(+7.4%)149(+2.8%) 2020-04-233,568(+3.5%)155(+4%) 2020-04-243,758(+5.3%)158(+1.9%) 2020-04-253,897(+3.7%)159(+0.63%) 2020-04-264,065(+4.3%)161(+1.3%) 2020-04-274,120(+1.4%)162(+0.62%) 2020-04-284,252(+3.2%)165(+1.9%) 2020-04-294,321(+1.6%)168(+1.8%) 2020-04-304,423(+2.4%)170(+1.2%) 2020-05-014,569(+3.3%)171(+0.59%) 2020-05-024,729(+3.5%)173(+1.2%) 2020-05-034,903(+3.7%)174(+0.58%) 2020-05-045,053(+3.1%)179(+2.9%) 2020-05-055,219(+3.3%)181(+1.1%) 2020-05-065,408(+3.6%)183(+1.1%) 2020-05-075,548(+2.6%)183(=) 2020-05-085,711(+2.9%)186(+1.6%) 2020-05-095,910(+3.5%)186(=) 2020-05-106,063(+2.6%)188(+1.1%) 2020-05-116,281(+3.6%)188(=) 2020-05-126,418(+2.2%)188(=) 2020-05-136,516(+1.5%)188(=) 2020-05-146,607(+1.4%)190(+1.1%) 2020-05-156,652(+0.68%)190(=) 2020-05-166,741(+1.3%)192(+1.1%) 2020-05-176,870(+1.9%)192(=) 2020-05-186,952(+1.2%)192(=) 2020-05-197,023(+1%)193(+0.52%) 2020-05-207,133(+1.6%)194(+0.52%) 2020-05-217,211(+1.1%)196(+1%) 2020-05-227,332(+1.7%)197(+0.51%) 2020-05-237,406(+1%)198(+0.51%) 2020-05-247,433(+0.36%)199(+0.51%) 2020-05-257,532(+1.3%)200(+0.5%) 2020-05-267,577(+0.6%)202(+1%) 2020-05-277,601(+0.32%)202(=) 2020-05-287,643(+0.55%)202(=) 2020-05-297,714(+0.93%)202(=) 2020-05-307,780(+0.86%)204(+0.99%) 2020-05-317,807(+0.35%)205(+0.49%) 2020-06-017,833(+0.33%)205(=) 2020-06-027,866(+0.42%)206(+0.49%) 2020-06-037,922(+0.71%)206(=) 2020-06-048,003(+1%)208(+0.97%) 2020-06-058,071(+0.85%)208(=) 2020-06-068,151(+0.99%)208(=) 2020-06-078,224(+0.9%)208(=) 2020-06-088,302(+0.95%)208(=) 2020-06-098,437(+1.6%)210(+0.96%) 2020-06-108,508(+0.84%)211(+0.48%) 2020-06-118,537(+0.34%)211(=) 2020-06-128,610(+0.86%)212(+0.47%) 2020-06-138,692(+0.95%)212(=) 2020-06-148,793(+1.2%)212(=) 2020-06-158,885(+1%)212(=) 2020-06-168,931(+0.52%)212(=) 2020-06-178,997(+0.74%)213(+0.47%) 2020-06-189,074(+0.86%)213(=) 2020-06-199,613(+5.9%)213(=) 2020-06-209,839(+2.4%)213(=) 2020-06-219,977(+1.4%)214(+0.47%) 2020-06-2210,172(+2%)214(=) 2020-06-2310,344(+1.7%)214(=) 2020-06-2410,907(+5.4%)216(+0.93%) 2020-06-2511,338(+4%)217(+0.46%) 2020-06-2611,633(+2.6%)218(+0.46%) 2020-06-2711,877(+2.1%)220(+0.92%) 2020-06-2812,052(+1.5%)220(=) 2020-06-2912,290(+2%)225(+2.3%) 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2020-07-2922,213(+3.9%)334(+2.1%) 2020-07-3023,259(+4.7%)346(+3.6%) 2020-07-3124,322(+4.6%)353(+2%) 2020-08-0125,015(+2.8%)367(+4%) 2020-08-0225,537(+2.1%)382(+4.1%) 2020-08-0326,196(+2.6%)401(+5%) 2020-08-0427,217(+3.9%)417(+4%) 2020-08-0528,500(+4.7%)435(+4.3%) 2020-08-0629,644(+4%)449(+3.2%) 2020-08-0730,662(+3.4%)461(+2.7%) 2020-08-0832,007(+4.4%)480(+4.1%) 2020-08-0933,237(+3.8%)498(+3.8%) 2020-08-1034,063(+2.5%)516(+3.6%) 2020-08-1135,195(+3.3%)533(+3.3%) 2020-08-1236,694(+4.3%)556(+4.3%) 2020-08-1337,935(+3.4%)584(+5%) 2020-08-1439,241(+3.4%)611(+4.6%) 2020-08-1541,017(+4.5%)632(+3.4%) 2020-08-1642,489(+3.6%)658(+4.1%) 2020-08-1743,558(+2.5%)681(+3.5%) 2020-08-1844,803(+2.9%)714(+4.8%) 2020-08-1946,313(+3.4%)743(+4.1%) 2020-08-2047,638(+2.9%)775(+4.3%) 2020-08-2149,247(+3.4%)817(+5.4%) 2020-08-2250,812(+3.2%)858(+5%) 2020-08-2352,349(+3%)888(+3.5%) 2020-08-2453,252(+1.7%)920(+3.6%) 2020-08-2554,528(+2.4%)955(+3.8%) 2020-08-2655,864(+2.5%)984(+3%) 2020-08-2757,085(+2.2%)1,011(+2.7%) 2020-08-2858,489(+2.5%)1,052(+4.1%) 2020-08-2960,056(+2.7%)1,078(+2.5%) 2020-08-3061,399(+2.2%)1,111(+3.1%) 2020-08-3162,590(+1.9%)1,141(+2.7%) 2020-09-0163,781(+1.9%)1,184(+3.8%) 2020-09-0265,453(+2.6%)1,216(+2.7%) 2020-09-0366,855(+2.1%)1,253(+3%) 2020-09-0468,605(+2.6%)1,292(+3.1%) 2020-09-0570,160(+2.3%)1,329(+2.9%) 2020-09-0672,394(+3.2%)1,361(+2.4%) 2020-09-0773,780(+1.9%)1,394(+2.4%) 2020-09-0875,721(+2.6%)1,427(+2.4%) 2020-09-0977,878(+2.8%)1,453(+1.8%) 2020-09-1079,767(+2.4%)1,491(+2.6%) 2020-09-1182,197(+3%)1,524(+2.2%) 2020-09-1284,435(+2.7%)1,553(+1.9%) 2020-09-1386,686(+2.7%)1,578(+1.6%) 2020-09-1488,203(+1.7%)1,614(+2.3%) 2020-09-1590,324(+2.4%)1,648(+2.1%) 2020-09-1692,016(+1.9%)1,686(+2.3%) 2020-09-1794,504(+2.7%)1,714(+1.7%) 2020-09-1897,264(+2.9%)1,755(+2.4%) 2020-09-1999,816(+2.6%)1,795(+2.3%) 2020-09-20101,743(+1.9%)1,830(+1.9%) 2020-09-21103,119(+1.4%)1,855(+1.4%) 2020-09-22105,346(+2.2%)1,889(+1.8%) 2020-09-23107,743(+2.3%)1,918(+1.5%) 2020-09-24110,099(+2.2%)1,956(+2%) 2020-09-25112,522(+2.2%)1,998(+2.1%) 2020-09-26115,241(+2.4%)2,041(+2.2%) 2020-09-27117,685(+2.1%)2,069(+1.4%) 2020-09-28119,107(+1.2%)2,113(+2.1%) 2020-09-29121,183(+1.7%)2,152(+1.8%) 2020-09-30123,653(+2%)2,194(+2%) 2020-10-01126,044(+1.9%)2,229(+1.6%) 2020-10-02128,565(+2%)2,263(+1.5%) 2020-10-03131,228(+2.1%)2,293(+1.3%) 2020-10-04133,272(+1.6%)2,330(+1.6%) 2020-10-05134,695(+1.1%)2,369(+1.7%) 2020-10-06137,248(+1.9%)2,410(+1.7%) 2020-10-07140,024(+2%)2,439(+1.2%) 2020-10-08142,953(+2.1%)2,486(+1.9%) 2020-10-09146,398(+2.4%)2,530(+1.8%) 2020-10-10149,841(+2.4%)2,572(+1.7%) 2020-10-11152,404(+1.7%)2,605(+1.3%) 2020-10-12153,761(+0.89%)2,636(+1.2%) 2020-10-13156,946(+2.1%)2,685(+1.9%) 2020-10-14160,333(+2.2%)2,726(+1.5%) 2020-10-15163,650(+2.1%)2,772(+1.7%) 2020-10-16167,148(+2.1%)2,818(+1.7%) 2020-10-17170,911(+2.3%)2,878(+2.1%) 2020-10-18173,632(+1.6%)2,928(+1.7%) 2020-10-19175,749(+1.2%)2,976(+1.6%) 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2021-11-03946,766(+0.02%)14,689(+0.04%) 2021-11-04946,957(+0.02%)14,698(+0.06%) 2021-11-05947,139(+0.02%)14,701(+0.02%) 2021-11-06947,307(+0.02%)14,706(+0.03%) 2021-11-07947,396(+0.01%)14,713(+0.05%) 2021-11-08947,451(+0.01%)14,721(+0.05%) 2021-11-09947,610(+0.02%)14,726(+0.03%) 2021-11-10947,761(+0.02%)14,729(+0.02%) 2021-11-11947,902(+0.01%)14,734(+0.03%) 2021-11-12948,025(+0.01%)14,737(+0.02%) 2021-11-13948,157(+0.01%)14,740(+0.02%) 2021-11-14948,226(+0.01%)14,743(+0.02%) source: covidmaroc.ma first confirmed cases after the two cases confirmed on 2 march 2020, a third case was confirmed on 10 march 2020, a french tourist who arrived in marrakesh. on the same day, one of the two first cases, a woman aged 89, died. on 11 march 2020, it was announced that the wife and daughter of the french tourist also tested positive, bringing the total cases to 5. that same day, a sixth case was declared in a woman in her sixties that came from france and that presented respiratory troubles on 7 march. on 13 march 2020, two cases were confirmed: a 39-year-old moroccan man who had returned from spain and a 64-year-old french woman. the recovery of patient 0 was reported by the ministry of health the same day. subsequent cases 2020 cases there were 439,193 confirmed cases in 2020. 407,504 patients recovered while 7,388 persons died. at the end of 2020 there were 24,301 active cases. the government announced that it planned to vaccinate 80% of all citizens, starting with the chinese-made sinopharm bibp vaccine. 2021 cases morocco's first confirmed case of the b.1.1.7 variant was reported from tanger-med on 18 january. mass vaccination began on 28 january, initially with 500,000 doses of the sinopharm bibp vaccine and two million doses of the oxford–astrazeneca vaccine (covishield). there were 523,869 confirmed cases in 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 963,062. 532,689 patients recovered in 2021 while 7,461 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 14,849. at the end of 2021 there were 8,020 active cases. 2022 cases there were 308,533 confirmed cases in 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 1,271,595. 314,655 patients recovered in 2022 while 1,445 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 16,294. at the end of 2022 there were 453 active cases. responses transportation on 13 march 2020 the government of morocco announced they were suspending all passenger flights and ferry crossings to and from algeria, spain and france until future notice. on 14 march 2020, the government announced it was suspending flights with an additional 25 countries. by that date, flights had been suspended to/from algeria, spain, france, italy and china. on 15 march 2020, the moroccan government decided to suspend all international flights, and did not announce an expected date for them to resume. it allowed a minority of flights for foreigners wishing to leave to board before completely shutting down its airports on the 22nd. on 21 june 2020, the government re-opened major airports to serve domestic flights only. on 9 july 2020, the government announced that international flights were to resume, with access only for moroccans or for foreigners residing within the kingdom. incoming passengers were required to bring a covid-19 test result from their country of departure, issued less than 48 hours of the time of arrival. moroccans living outside of, or foreigners residing within the kingdom were allowed to leave the country. on 4 september 2020, the government announced that foreigners who were allowed visa-free entry to morocco can enter the kingdom's territory conditionally, either through an invitation or a hotel reservation. on 28 november 2021, the government suspended all incoming international flights in response to the spread of the omicron variant. international flights resumed on 7 february 2022. education on 13 march, the government decided to shut down all schools, effective 16 march until further notice. classes were to be continued either online or through tv, with the use of the snrt channels for levels of a certain importance, such as the baccalaureate level. on 11 april, the ministry of education announced that tests and exams will take place normally, but later in the year, and admittance to next levels will be based on the same criteria as before, to ensure equity in grades and notes, instead of admitting students based on their grades of the previous semester. on 12 may, the ministry of education announced that tests and exams are cancelled for primary and secondary education, while bac exam will be held in july and first year of bac will be held in september. students aren't going back to school until september 2020. state of health emergency a corn stalk grows in united nations square in casablanca during the confinement. on 19 march 2020, the ministry of interior declared a "state of health emergency" and subsequent national lockdown both to take effect on 20 march 2020 at 6:00 pm local time for an extendable period of one month. the directive allows for the government to impose restrictions on freedom of movement, which includes curfews and travel restrictions, and other preventative measures depending on the current epidemiological situation. the lockdown required the authorisation of local state officials for citizens to leave their homes, while making exceptions for workers at supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, medical clinics, telecommunications companies, and essential freelance jobs. the state of health emergency was extended multiple times since its introduction via draft decrees. armored vehicles reportedly enforced the lockdown during the initial weeks of the outbreak. a direct 24-hour hotline was set up to "reinforce direct communication and urge vigilance to fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and safeguard the health of citizens." in april 2020, the government pardoned 5,654 prisoners, and it put forward procedures to protect inmates from the covid-19 outbreak. on 22 march 2020, the ministry of culture ordered newspapers in the country to suspend print production and distribution, and suggested they use alternative methods to distribute content. the government permitted resumption of print publication on 26 may. according to an article published in le desk on 21 april 2020, the moroccan government outsourced its quarantine strategy to the boston consulting group. on 9 may 2020, the house of councillors, the upper house of the moroccan parliament, approved a law penalizing violations of the state of health emergency with imprisonment of one to three months and a fine of 300–1,300 dirhams (approximately us$30–132). as of 22 may, 91,623 people were reported to be prosecuted for crimes which included violating the health emergency law as of 22 may 2020, leading to concern from non-governmental organizations and activists. on 9 june 2020, the government announced a plan to establish two main zones: the first zone, composed of 59 prefectures and provinces where the health situation was under control: oriental region, béni mellal-khénifra region, drâa-tafilalet region, souss-massa region, guelmim-oued noun region, laâyoune-sakia el hamra region, dakhla-oued ed-dahab region, m'diq-fnideq, tétouan, fahs-anjra, al hoceima, chefchaouen, ouezzane, meknès, ifrane, moulay yacoub, sefrou, boulemane, taounate,