Health authorities fear the reappearance of avian flu in the country after the discovery of several outbreaks in Algeria. The "maximum alert" level has been triggered and has mobilized the ministries of Health, Interior and ONSSA in coordination with the gendarmerie to prevent the appearance of outbreaks or eradicate them.
Morocco has decided to extend the restrictive measures across the national territory for an additional two weeks, in order to counter the spread of the coronavirus and limit its negative repercussions.
To facilitate the professional integration of Moroccan paramedical staff in Israel, the Israeli Minister of the Interior, Aryeh Dery, and his Moroccan counterpart, Abdelouafi Laftit , have decided to set up a joint inter-ministerial commission.
The Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb said that Morocco aims to complete the vaccination operation in the next 3 to 5 months, in order to achieve collective immunity and ensure a return to normal life. The second dose of the vaccine will be administered from February 19.
The French authorities are tackling virginity certificates and polygamy. This is what the deputies decided, during the examination of the draft law against separatism, where a series of measures have been taken.
The United Kingdom has opted to use mosques as Covid-19 vaccination centers. Thanks to this policy, it has already managed to vaccinate 12 million people.
Due to the globalization of the health sector, medical tourism has experienced a real boom in recent years. Aware of this opportunity, Morocco intends to explore all the links in the value chain and strengthen the strategy to be put in place for the development of this activity which generates more than 80 billion dollars per year worldwide, i.e. a potential for annual growth of 30%.
Kamel Bouzid, head of the oncology department at the Pierre and Marie Curie Center (CPMC) of the Mustapha University Hospital, regrets that Algeria did not follow the example of Morocco by placing its vaccine orders earlier. The country is sorely lacking in vaccines, even though the vaccination campaign has already started.
Moroccan immunologist Moncef Slaoui , in charge of the US vaccination strategy, was the guest of France Inter on February 8. Facing journalist Léa Salamé, the former chief scientific advisor of Operation Warp Speed, launched by former US President Donald Trump for the research and implementation of a coronavirus vaccine in the United States, discussed various aspects of the fight the world is waging through vaccination campaigns.
Morocco joins the list of countries that have opted to use the anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, for people aged 60 and over. In a press release, the Ministry of Health states that this decision is based on the opinion of the ad hoc National Scientific Committee for the development of the vaccination strategy against Sars-Cov-2.
Sept à Huit, the TF1 magazine, devoted a report to cosmetic surgery in Morocco. A famous cosmetic surgeon practicing in Casablanca has invented a rather shocking new term.
Economic development implies full respect for health security and the dignity of employees. This is what the Moroccan Minister of Labor and Professional Integration, Mohamed Amkraz , particularly concerned by these times of health crisis, indicated.