The delegation of the European Union provided, on Tuesday, September 21, clarifications on the recognition of the Moroccan health pass in Europe. It appears that the equivalence between health certificates is purely technical.
A new shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is expected in Morocco this week. In total, 600,000 doses will be received.
Morocco is experiencing an epidemiological situation that is improving day by day. Last week, the incidence rate was 41/100,000 inhabitants. The number of deaths, on the other hand, has decreased by 23%.
Morocco received new doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Saturday, September 18, 2021. This new stock will allow the kingdom to continue its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, recently extended to the 12-17 age group.
A South Korean company based in Casablanca will soon produce a test that will allow the difference between the flu and Covid-19 to be made. This product will not be available in pharmacies, but in private and public health facilities.
The National Airports Office (ONDA) has published again the vaccines authorized in Morocco for travelers to the kingdom. There are eight of them.
Faced with the evolution of the Covid-19 epidemic in Morocco, the health authorities continue to maintain vigilance in order to better cope with a new wave. They urge unvaccinated people to get vaccinated, as they are the most exposed to the disease.
The national Covid-19 vaccination campaign will soon be extended to homeless children, undocumented persons and all those who do not have identification documents. The Moroccan authorities are conducting discussions to find the best strategy to achieve this.
National security agents at Agadir-Al Massira airport arrested five French tourists last Saturday. They allegedly presented fake PCR tests.
The judicial police services of Fez succeeded in dismantling a network of fake Covid-19 tests led by a fake reporter-photographer. The latter and an employee of a private clinic were arrested. The investigation continues.
France has maintained Morocco on its red list of countries and territories in which "active virus circulation is observed with the presence of worrying variants".
By launching the national Covid-19 vaccination campaign last January, Morocco hoped to achieve herd immunity before September for a return to normal life. But for Jaâfar Heikel, a specialist in infectious diseases and epidemiologist, total herd immunity would not be possible even if vaccination reaches the entire Moroccan population.