It doesn't take much for calm and serenity to turn into rage. A general cancellation of all aircraft for example. Friday March 13, late afternoon, Morocco cut itself off from the world, to everyone's surprise. In an instant, the kingdom ordered the closure of borders and all airlines with several countries, including France, to block the spread of the coronavirus. Thousands of French tourists therefore found themselves trapped, with no return solution. Like André. This 67-year-old doctor from Lyon had taken his room for two days at Club Med in Agadir. “We got the news in the evening, from the gang. Some said that we were going to be evacuated. We didn't really believe it. No one saw anything coming, ” he recalls.
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The French Embassy in Rabat is only half surprised. “It was in the logic of the epidemic. Italy had been confined for several days, Spain had just made the decision, Morocco was going to follow, " says
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