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.
Morocco is preparing to vaccinate its population as early as this week. A second lockdown could be avoided once 70% of the population is vaccinated, said Dr. Aziz Bousfiha, professor of pediatrics specialized in genetic susceptibility to infections and inflammations at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy 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.
Heavily impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, food service professionals want to resume their activities quickly. They have proposed to the government to prioritize employees in their sectors during the vaccination campaign.
In the United Kingdom, Muslims are mobilizing to fight misinformation around the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. They are running a campaign to reassure believers of the need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The launch date of the national vaccination campaign in Morocco is known. It will start next week, probably after the delivery of the Chinese vaccine doses, scheduled for January 27, 2021.
Morocco has managed to take a big lead over major African countries by receiving its first doses of AstraZeneca. The kingdom thus becomes the first country on the continent to receive the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.
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.
In the long term, the coronavirus could become as benign as a cold or flu. This is what researchers reveal, estimating that with repeated reinfections, the immune system adapts and causes less and less severe forms.
The Royal Air Maroc Dreamliner, dispatched to India to transport the first doses of the AstraZeneca Covidshield vaccine, has landed at Casablanca airport. It carries on board the two million doses authorized by the Indian authorities to launch the vaccination campaign in Morocco.
A cargo plane from the Royal Air Maroc airline, carrying the first batch of anti-Covid-19 vaccine from the AstraZeneca laboratories, is scheduled to land on Friday, January 22 at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca.