Holidaymakers in Morocco say they have been left in limbo as they frantically try to find a flight home after the country closed its doors to Brits.
Officials in Morocco announced that flights to and from the UK would be halted from Thursday due to the soaring infection rates.
Cases have been above 40,000 for nine days in a row, according to government data.
Chloe Boulos, 30, from Essex, says she and her partner were due to fly home Thursday, but they were told by their airline the flight had been cancelled only a few hours before it was scheduled to depart.
She said they were awaiting an update and hoped to fly on Friday.
"It has definitely ruined the last day as we've just spent all day checking for an update," she said.
"It is more frustrating than anything as all day we have been in limbo not knowing if we would be leaving or not."
Another man travelling from the UK said the ban on flights came as "a bit of a shock".
Will Malpass, 31, who lives in Clapham, south London, said that he and his partner have been left in a "frustrating" situation after arriving in Morocco on Sunday.
He said that they will now have to travel through France to get home.
"As it stands, we're going through France and then (getting the) Eurostar back," he said.
Mr Malpass said he is not scheduled to fly home until Monday but was notified that his flight had been cancelled when the ban was announced.
"It did come as a surprise - it doesn't feel like (the ban) actually solves anything because we're just finding a way through another country to get back," Mr Malpass said.
Morocco's National Office of Airports said the policy will remain in place "until further notice".
Latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control show that Morocco's weekly rate of reported coronavirus cases on October 14 stood at 10.4 per 100,000 people. The rate in the UK is 445.5 per 100,000 people.
The country also banned flights to and from Germany and the Netherlands.
Health leaders in the UK have warned Covid restrictions must immediately be reintroduced.
Downing Street said that they would continue to monitor the data but added that vaccinations had broken the link between cases, hospital admissions and deaths.
"Our focus remains on ensuring we get boosters out to those who are eligible," a No 10 spokesman said.
But Matthew Taylor, head of the NHS Confederation urged the government to roll out Plan B to avoid hospitals becoming overwhelmed.
"The health service is right at the edge," he warned.
