People being vaccinated against the coronavirus can choose between the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine or the British AstraZeneca vaccine, says a source close to the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat . The two vaccines are practically equally effective (79% for the Sinopharm vaccine and 70% for the AstraZeneca vaccine).
Morocco will receive new batches of Covid-19 vaccines in February, March and April next at specific dates, according to the Minister of Health. The kingdom plans to vaccinate a total of 30 million people to achieve herd immunity.
The first batches of the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm’s vaccine arrived in Morocco on Wednesday. The AT3087 Royal Air Maroc flight, dispatched on Monday to transport them, landed at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca.
Contrary to the AstraZeneca vaccine, Morocco should receive on Wednesday, January 27, 500,000 doses of the vaccine from the Chinese laboratory Sinopham. They should allow the vaccination of 250,000 people (i.e. two doses per person at 21 days apart compared to 28 days for the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca).
Morocco is preparing to transport its batch of anti-Covid vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm. A Royal Air Maroc plane took off this Monday, January 25, from Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca to bring back part of the Moroccan order.
After receiving the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Morocco has urgently approved the technical file of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. The first doses should be delivered on Wednesday, January 27, 2021.
A few days before the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, Morocco will receive one million doses of the British vaccine, AstraZeneca, this week.
Morocco received its first batch of the Sinopharm anti-Covid vaccine from the Chinese laboratory on Tuesday, January 5th. Pending the receipt of the remaining batches, including those from the British laboratory AstraZeneca, the vaccination campaign could be launched in the very near future.
The national vaccination campaign against Covid-19 long awaited by Moroccans will finally start in a few days, according to details provided by the health authorities. The advisory commission for vaccine registration, which met last week to study the marketing of the two vaccines chosen by Morocco, has completed its review, and the authorization for the British AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to be placed on the Moroccan market will be issued this week.
Morocco is about to authorize the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines. The drug registration commission met on Thursday to launch the authorization procedure.
Specialized in aluminum molding and the production of aluminum automotive parts, the Chinese group Citic Dicastel has just inaugurated its second aluminum wheel production plant. For a total investment of 350 million euros, the plant was inaugurated on Saturday, December 26 in Kenitra.
While it is known to all that Morocco has turned to China for the Covid-19 vaccine, many Moroccans are not really reassured. They want to know the reasons for this choice and how the vaccination process is progressing.