Morocco will provide 2 billion dirhams ($220 million) in aid to help tourism businesses and workers cope with Covid-19 restrictions, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday. Morocco has kept its borders shut since late November and reinforced its vaccine pass requirements in response to the Omicron coronavirus variant. The aid package includes 1 billion dirhams to help hotels renovate and stay afloat after a 22-month-long crisis, and a 2,000 dirham monthly payment in the first quarter of this year to affected workers, the ministry said in a statement. Other measures include loan payment deferrals…

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