The US government has announced that it will help repatriate American nationals stranded in Morocco amid coronavirus outbreak, sending them flights. According to The New York Times, the United States Department of State and the United States Mission to Morocco said that «they have arranged for American citizens and permanent residents who have been stranded in Morocco to fly home». An e-mail sent to some indicates that the flights will leave the Marrakech Menara airport on Friday starting from 11:30 am. «These flights will include a Marrakech to London Heathrow leg and an onward connecting flight to one of 10 cities in the USA served by British Airways», the email said. The travelers were told that the one-way flights «will cost $1,485 and will take them to one of 10 airports around the country that have been designated as entry points during the coronavirus crisis». «Thousands of Americans are stranded in Morocco» according to the American ambassador in Rabat, David T. Fischer. On Thursday, he said in a video posted by the embassy on its Twitter and Facebook accounts that the safety of Americans abroad was a priority for the State Department. Bilan Coronavirus dans le monde 259 465 151 Contaminations 5 174 661 Décès 235 366 205 Guérisons 53.8% de la population mondiale vaccinée
