Morocco to ease Covid-19 measures, as Omicron wave 'ends'

The New Arab
Mar 03, 2022

Morocco to ease Covid-19 measures, as Omicron wave 'ends'


Morocco’s health ministry this week announced the end of the Omicron wave in the country, after eleven weeks of recording the first case of the highly contagious Covid-19 variant in the city of Casablanca.

“The Omicron wave was, as expected, a fast and short wave that lasted 11 weeks. It peaked in the week of January 17 to 23, 2022,” said Moaz al-Mrabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Emergency Operations at the Ministry of Health, during the bi-monthly brief of the pandemic situation on Tuesday.

Known for its hyper-transmissibility and mild symptoms, the Omicron variant of concern is currently the dominant variant circulating globally.