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A Moroccan court indicted the government for the side-effects of the Astrazeneca vaccine on a woman in Kenitra. The court ordered the government to pay the woman 25,000 dollars, after a trial that lasted two years, according to a verdict seen by the North Africa Post. AstraZeneca has withdrawn its coronavirus vaccine, citing the availability […]
Morocco received, during the night from Saturday to Sunday, a new batch of 650,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines, as part of the WHO Covax program, news outlet Le360 reported. This second batch of 650,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines brings up the total doses Morocco received so far under the Covax program to 950,000 doses. […]
Several health ministry officials defended Morocco’s AstraZeneca vaccine choice after reports from France and Germany claimed that AstraZeneca jabs were ineffective for people aged over 65. AstraZeneca had responded to such claims by maintaining that its published data from its clinical trials showed a significant response in over-65s. Oxford University, which developed the vaccine with […]
Since the official launch of the national anti-covid-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco on Thursday, January 28, more than 90,000 people have received their first dose of vaccine. The figure, which remains preliminary for the moment, was announced by the Ministry of Health Saturday evening pending the availability of full figures. A health ministry […]
Morocco has approved the emergency use of AstraZeneca vaccine for 12 months as it plans a mass vaccination campaign benefiting more than 80% of the population, the health ministry said. The approval came after the vaccine was approved in the UK, India and Argentina. Morocco has ordered 66 million vaccine doses from AstraZeneca and Sinopharm. […]