The United States has decided to temporarily lift intellectual property rights on the Covid vaccine. A decision to remove patent protections welcomed by Moroccan scientists and organizations that will help poor countries get vaccinated. But resistance is still observed in the ranks of some lobbies.
Births in Morocco during the year 2020 have dropped sharply. The number of newborns has fallen by around 100,000 compared to 2019, a drop of 4%. The Covid-19 pandemic is cited as a factor generating the lack of desire to have children.
Morocco has taken giant steps in the race to immunize its population against Covid-19. In the kingdom, 6 million people have already received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Significant figures in the current context marked by frequent shortages of vaccine doses.
After Eid El Fitr, Morocco could begin to loosen the health restrictions. With the improvement in the epidemiological situation and the good progress of the vaccination campaign observed in recent weeks, the country can slowly start to ease the security measures.
Incarcerated at the local prison of Oukacha in Casablanca, journalist Souleimane Raissouni was transferred on Monday to the prison clinic in critical condition, according to his wife Kholoud Mokhtari. According to her, the editor-in-chief of the daily Akhbar Al Yaoum would have his right leg paralyzed.
The health crisis seems to be under control in Morocco. And this is thanks to the preventive measures put in place during the month of Ramadan and their observance in the cities.
Tracing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Morocco, Moroccan scientists have revealed in a study that the virus was already circulating in the kingdom from mid-January 2020, even though the first case was officially discovered on March 2 of the same year.
More than half of hospitalized patients who have recovered from Covid-19 show at least one symptom of the infectious disease up to six months later. This revelation was made on Monday by a specialized journal.
It is now effective. Morocco received, on Monday, May 10, an additional two million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.
India crossed the 4,000 Covid-19 death mark on Saturday. And for good reason, the Indian variant of the coronavirus would be more contagious and appears more resistant to vaccines, said Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist.
Moroccan pharmacies are in the doldrums. With Ramadan 2021, their activity has decreased by 40 to 50%, compared to the usual 30% recorded during the same period.
All judicial authorities must strictly engage in the fight against the illegal sale of medicines and non-medicinal pharmaceutical products. This is what the Attorney General of the King at the Court of Cassation, President of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, El Hassan Daki, invites them to do.