Morocco is expecting to receive a new batch of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine next week. The kingdom received two million doses of this vaccine last Tuesday.
The investigation into the tragedy that occurred last weekend in Oujda , causing the death of several people, led to the arrest on Tuesday of two individuals. They are suspected of having marketed substances harmful to health.
Another consequence of the resurgence of Covid-19 infections, the prison administration has decided to suspend, indefinitely, family visits starting July 19.
Morocco received, on Tuesday, July 13, a new batch of two million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. This will strengthen the vaccination campaign recently extended to Moroccans aged 35-39.
King Mohammed VI has given instructions for the sending of emergency medical aid to Tunisia, which is currently overwhelmed by the health crisis related to Covid-19.
The foreign doctor will now be able to practice his profession in Morocco under the same conditions applied to his Moroccan counterparts. But this reform of the health system validated by parliament is not to the liking of Moroccan practitioners who have seized El Othmani.
The massive influx of Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) and the celebration of Eid al-Adha have once again plunged the country into a health crisis. Moroccans thought they were free, busy organizing wedding parties, birthdays, baptisms, hikes, and here comes the damned Delta variant to spoil the party. Preventive gestures are flouted and the epidemiological situation is taking a hit.
Morocco updated, on Monday, July 12, the health provisions for international travel. The Ministry of Health specifies the measures to be observed for Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) and foreign tourists from countries on lists A and B. Not to mention the common measures and the list of vaccines accepted in the kingdom.
Despite the vaccination campaign and health measures, several Covid-19 cases were reported in a hotel in Agadir on Sunday, July 11. Nearly 80 people, including hotel staff members, tested positive.
Restrictions are once again in effect in certain regions of Morocco to limit mobility between cities. This is the decision of the authorities faced with the worrying resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the kingdom, where a return to partial or even total confinement is not excluded.
For the year 2021, the volume of public investment in Morocco is estimated at 230 billion dirhams. This is the conclusion of the report on the assessment of the government’s action 2017-2021.
The Moroccan medical world is in mourning. Professor Moulay Driss Archane, former physician of the late Hassan II , died this Sunday, July 11 at the age of 88.