To date, only 2 cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus have been recorded in Morocco, where the main virus in circulation is the classic strain. Faced with this situation, the country has the medicines that can allow good management, reassures Jaâfar Heikal, epidemiologist and specialist in infectious diseases.
Moroccan athletes qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be vaccinated against Covid. Indeed, the Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories promised on Thursday to offer Covid-19 vaccines to the participants.
Morocco is the safest country to visit in Africa during this health crisis period, according to a study conducted by Manuel Aguilar, a biomedical engineer at the University of Malaga in Spain.
Morocco now has two cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19. It is a Moroccan and an Indian residing in Casablanca . The first case, the Indian national who arrived in Morocco just before the suspension of air links, was confirmed on April 24.
Morocco will receive, in the very near future, a second batch of AstraZeneca vaccine as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Covax program. The vaccine doses will be shipped to Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca.
The smooth running of the anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco is unanimously acclaimed. This is the case with "Vaccination: the Moroccan miracle", the title of the report by the French magazine ELLE on this successful vaccination campaign in Morocco.
Morocco received 500,000 new doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine this Friday. This new batch supports the kingdom’s efforts to carry out its anti-Covid vaccination campaign.
As part of the Covax initiative, Morocco is awaiting a new delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The announcement of this expected allocation for next week is good news for the Moroccan authorities, already concerned about the imminent depletion of the stock.
After receiving the batch of anti-Covid vaccine from the Chinese Sinopharm laboratory, Morocco is about to receive its first doses of the Russian vaccine. This is what sources from the Ministry of Health have confirmed.
Of Moroccan origin, the immunologist who is currently developing a universal vaccine against coronaviruses with his team, has given the reasons for his departure from France. In an interview with Jeune Afrique , Lbachir BenMohamed retraces his stay in France, a country where science, he says, has no future.
This summer season could coincide with the resumption of French tourists abroad, particularly in Morocco. The vaccine, screening tests, the usual health measures as well as the new features of the "Tous anti-Covid" application appear as a whole, as the way out of the crisis.
Even though Morocco is considered the best country in the MENA region in terms of vaccination against Covid-19, the much-hoped-for herd immunity for a return to normal life will be achieved in the last quarter of 2021. This is what Roberto Cardarelli, head of the International Monetary Fund mission in charge of Morocco, said during a recent webinar.