Morocco has extended the precautionary measures taken to the fight the coronavirus pandemic through at least March 31.
Besides the night curfew, other restrictive measures include the closure of restaurants and shopping centers at 8 p.m. and maintaining the ban on public gatherings.
The curfew remains in effect from 21:00 until 06:00.
Morocco's Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani justified the decision by saying that it was based on accurate indicators and criteria on the development of the epidemiology situation.
Morocco registered 2,499 new COVID-19 cases between Feb 22-28, and 2,569 cases between March 1-7, and 2,714 cases between March 8-14.
Authorities have also suspended all flights to and from six new countries as part of the nation's efforts to curb the spread of newly emerged variants of COVID-19.
The government has announced that all flights to and from Italy, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Algeria, Norway, Finland, Poland, Greece, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, Croatia, Mozambique and Ukraine remain banned through at least April 10.
