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Morocco has received more than 302,000 Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses. These vaccines have been donated by the United States through COVAX initiative. The big advantage of the J&J shot is that only one dose ensures complete inoculation. The US State Department confirmed this Sunday in a tweet the donation of 302,400 Johnson & Johnson […]
Morocco will soon receive 300,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine (Jansen) which will be administered in areas where infections are rifer. These areas include the business and tourist hubs of Casablanca, Marrakech and Agadir, Medias24 reported. Unlike Sinopharm and AstraZeneca, currently in use in Morocco, the new shipment will enable the inoculation of […]
The Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi over reccurring mess at the department overwhelmed by the pandemic that has stocked fear in the North African country. A statement by the Premier announced Tuesday the immediate removal of Faouzi Mehdi who was appointed in August last year. “We did an evaluation […]
The Moroccan government has decided to tighten or re-impose a number of restrictive measures, starting Friday, July 23, following the surge of COVID-19 cases recorded these past days. Under the measures, taken in accordance with the recommendations of the Technical and Scientific Committee in view of the increasing number of contaminations and deaths recorded in […]
Morocco has opened its national coronavirus vaccination campaign to people aged 30 as it presses ahead with its goal of reaching herd immunity by inoculating all people aged above 17 years old. The decision comes as Morocco keeps receiving steady vaccine shipments which have enabled so far the inoculation of 11.2 million people. Aged people, […]
As part of the emergency medical aid ordered by the King of Morocco for the benefit of Tunisia, three military planes carrying 13.5 tons of medical aid each took off this morning from the 3rd Royal Air Force base of Kenitra heading towards Tunisia. Tunisia is experiencing a worsening epidemiological situation related to Covid-19, due […]
Morocco, at the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, will send emergency medical assistance to Tunisia, following the worsening of the epidemiological situation in the sisterly Maghreban country. Due to a sharp increase in contamination cases and deaths linked to Covid-19 in Tunisia, King Mohammed VI has given his high instructions for sending emergency medical […]
Tunisia is set to receive over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to ramp up the vaccination campaign following pledges by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, one day after the UAE pledged half a million doses. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia made the pledge through its envoy to the North African country, Abdelaziz Ben Ali Sakr who […]
Morocco has added France, Spain and Portugal to the B list which requires non-vaccinated travellers to self-isolate in a hotel for ten days. The new directive was relayed on the health ministry’s website and caused disarray among travellers who booked their flights prior to the announcements. France, Spain and Portugal have been in the A […]
Tunisia’s health system “has collapsed” due to the surge in coronavirus cases, thus health ministry described the dire situation in his country. The pandemic has had a “disastrous” impact on the country, the spokesperson for the health ministry Nissaf Ben Alya said as hospitals are submerged by Covid-19 patients and morgues hit maximum capacity. Abhorrent […]