While it is true that Chinese vaccines are being deployed in the experimental field, the one being used in Brazil is not related to the vaccine for which Morocco is participating in clinical trials. Sinovac and CNBG SinoPharm are two different Chinese laboratories, and Morocco is dealing exclusively with the latter.
The Cité Mohammed VI Tanger Tech has just found a first foreign investor. It is Aeolon, a wind turbine blade manufacturer based in Shanghai.
China, which has developed a vaccine against the coronavirus, is about to make it available to Morocco, one of its partners in the fight against the pandemic. A prerequisite must be met first.
Morocco will take possession in December of 10 million doses of the Chinese Sinophama anti-Covid-19 vaccine. Clinical trials in some countries have revealed the effectiveness of the vaccine.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Mr. Nasser BOURITA, had a telephone interview on Thursday, October 22, 2020 with his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Wang YI. Among the topics discussed by the two officials, the strengthening of relations between China and Morocco.
The closure of Morocco’s borders has exposed the role of the black market in the north of the country. It is a provider of unsuspected jobs and fortunes.
The countdown has begun for the manufacture next month of the anti-Covid vaccine by Morocco. But before that, the health authorities are awaiting the final results of the clinical trials and the authorization of the WHO.
Morocco will start vaccinating "80% of people over 18" as soon as the Covid-19 vaccine is available. The kingdom is currently in phase 3 of clinical trials.
King Mohammed VI consulted with the Minister of Health about the progress of the Covid-19 vaccine under development.
While all projections of Morocco’s economic growth for the year 2020 agree on rather optimistic prospects, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for its part, has gone against the current. The institution made its opinion known in a document entitled "World Economic Outlook, October 2020" which has just been published.
Morocco is preparing to acquire a Chinese vaccine that will be available by the end of the year. While waiting to have this vaccine, clinical trials are planned in the kingdom as well as a Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
Sinopharm experts, associated with their Moroccan counterparts, are in the final phase of clinical trials of the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine. Ultimately, the Kingdom will be able to have a sufficient quantity of this vaccine, a necessary condition for the launch of its production.