The U.S. has arranged chartered flights to evacuate Americans out of Morocco.
Hundreds of Americans have been stuck in the North Africa country for days after the government announced Sunday it would shut down all travel in and out to stem the spread of the novel-- one of many governments to do so on short notice, leaving Americans stranded and urging local U.S. embassies for help.
Generally, the State Department does not evacuate Americans, issuing warnings for weeks now that they said they should"have a travel plan that does not rely on the U.S. Government for assistance." Passengers line up to board one of the few flights out of Morocco in Marrakech, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Morocco suspended all international passenger flights and passengers ships to and from its territory on Sunday. Since then, citizens from all over the world found themselves stuck in the touristic country.
For many Americans, including Art and Sarajane, they had just traveled to Casablanca by bus to try to escape through its larger airport -- only to now have to turn back around to Marrakesh. The embassy alert asked Americans to list the earliest possible time they could get to Marrakesh International, with flights departing at 12:30 p.m. local time every hour after that.
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