Kamel Bouzid, head of the oncology department at the Pierre and Marie Curie Center (CPMC) of the Mustapha University Hospital, regrets that Algeria did not follow the example of Morocco by placing its vaccine orders earlier. The country is sorely lacking in vaccines, even though the vaccination campaign has already started.
In Settat, a teacher was inoculated the anti-Covid vaccine twice. A major risk for this beneficiary who suffers from heart problems.
Moroccan immunologist Moncef Slaoui , in charge of the US vaccination strategy, was the guest of France Inter on February 8. Facing journalist Léa Salamé, the former chief scientific advisor of Operation Warp Speed, launched by former US President Donald Trump for the research and implementation of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States, discussed various aspects of the fight the world is waging through vaccination campaigns.
Morocco joins the list of countries that have opted to use the anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, for people aged 60 and over. In a press release, the Ministry of Health states that this decision is based on the opinion of the ad hoc National Scientific Committee for the development of the vaccination strategy against Sars-Cov-2.
Morocco will receive, on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, another batch of vaccine from the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm. This new delivery should allow the continuation of the vaccination campaign launched since Thursday, January 28.
More than a week after the launch of the vaccination campaign in Morocco, 408,235 people have been vaccinated, announces the Ministry of Health.
Morocco will receive several doses of the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines next week. The vaccination campaign is progressing rapidly.
Morocco will receive, in the next few days, several doses of the AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines. The vaccination campaign is in full swing.
Morocco is benefiting from an additional 1,881,160 doses under the WHO’s Covax initiative. The first forecast regarding the distribution of vaccines to participating countries was published this Wednesday by the Global Alliance for Vaccines (Gavi), the body that manages the initiative.
Moroccan athletes will have to wait before being vaccinated. They are not a priority and their exclusion will not have a major impact on the running of the competitions, reassure some local and international sports officials.
As part of the national vaccination campaign, the Kingdom of Morocco is said to have offered to vaccinate 10,000 Sahrawis detained in the Tindouf camps. A humanitarian initiative awaiting the approval of the Algerian authorities.
The fear of contracting the coronavirus is pushing some officials to get vaccinated without meeting the requirements set by the health authorities. For having received the first dose when he was not authorized to do so, a peace officer was given a temporary suspension from work.