Unlike other developed countries, Morocco has managed to vaccinate more than 10% of its population. A stroke of luck, says Samir Machour, a Moroccan expatriate (MRE) working at Samsung Biologics.
To curb the 2nd wave of the pandemic, the Belgian government has announced the ban on non-essential travel (except for family emergencies and cross-border workers) outside Belgian borders until Sunday, April 18. This measure takes into account the two-week Easter vacation period starting Saturday, April 3.
The Ministry of Health indicated on Saturday, in its daily bulletin, that Morocco has already vaccinated 3,913,615 people for the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Regarding the second dose, a total of 578,942 people have received it.
In the United States, Moroccan biochemist Ahmed Chadli and another scientist have discovered that a compound isolated from a mushroom growing on the roots of a flowering plant in Morocco could effectively fight particularly aggressive breast cancer.
The government wants to promote medical research. To this end, a new draft decree relating to the implementation of the provisions of Law No. 28-13 on the protection of persons participating in research has been adopted by the Council of Government.
More than a month after the launch of the national vaccination campaign against Covid-19, would Morocco be running out of stock? After the first doses administered to 3,820,097 people, the kingdom would only have 200,000 doses left.
Professor Didier Raoult claims in a video posted on YouTube that the hookah would be responsible for the spread of Covid-19.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to new working methods in Morocco, in all sectors with telework, which has become a means of fighting the spread of the virus. Students have been subjected to distance and face-to-face teaching, which, according to pediatricians, is fraught with many disorders.
After firing two of its executives last month for serious misconduct, the Ministry of Health is again facing dysfunctions, particularly in the Directorate of Medicines and Pharmacy. Several cases of fraud have recently been reported in the granting of authorizations and licenses to pharmaceutical and medical supply companies.
The Ministry of Health indicated last Sunday that the Coronavirus reproduction rate reached 0.98 in Morocco, nearly a year after the discovery of the first Covid-19 case. During his presentation of the bi-weekly report on the epidemiological situation, the head of the Communicable Diseases Division, Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih, welcomed the achievement, specifying that this rate has remained below 1 for the 15th consecutive time.
Morocco has extended by two weeks the restrictive measures adopted on January 13 and the curfew, starting this Tuesday at 9 p.m. This extension comes on the basis of the recommendations of the technical committee to counter the coronavirus, according to a government statement.
More than 10% of the 185 young Moroccans residing at the Temporary Relocation Center for Unaccompanied Foreign Minors (Menas) of "La Esperanza" in Ceuta have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the city’s Health Department.