Covid-19 infection cases have decreased by 52% over the past two weeks in Morocco. "However, high numbers and rates of critical cases and deaths continue to be recorded," Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih warned.
Moroccan biologists continue to protest against the order regulating and setting the retail prices of SARS-Cov-2 virus detection tests . They criticize the prices of consumables and reagents and call on the authorities for an urgent meeting.
The Ministry of Health issued a statement denouncing the allegations that several ministerial departments have decided to ease the restrictive measures, following the recording of an improvement in the indicators of the epidemiological situation.
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.
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.
Is Morocco heading towards the injection of the third dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine? Here is the opinion of the Technical Vaccination Committee at the Ministry of Health on this proposal.
Since August 31, Morocco has expanded the national Covid-19 vaccination campaign to adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. As of September 10, 2021, some 646,228 adolescents have already received their first dose of the vaccine.
The third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is confirmed in Morocco. The health authorities will provide this booster dose starting the first week of October to healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses, and the elderly.
A field hospital is being set up in Ouarzazate . The infrastructure will help alleviate the pressure of new Covid cases on other hospital facilities throughout the province.
Will the vaccine passport soon be mandatory for Moroccans? The question arises since the publication by the Ministry of Health of an animated film between two characters. The latter discuss the vaccine pass and suggest, in the eyes of many Moroccans, that it would soon be compulsory.
Covid-19 infections continue to decline in Morocco. Good news to be put into perspective, however, as some regions still in the red zone suggest risks of a resurgence of cases.
The Ministry of Health, the Union of Medical Biologists, and other stakeholders are working to cap and reduce the prices of PCR tests and rapid Covid-19 tests, which are considered high. A ministerial decree will be issued in the coming days.