Cultural activities in Tunisia, including festivals, will resume this summer after almost one year hiatus, caretaker interim Culture minister announced Wednesday. Habib Ammar made the announcement at a meeting in Hammamet, Nabeul Governorate, with regional culture delegates, Webdo Tunis reports. Tunisia last year imposed a ban on all culture events as part of the […]
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Egypt eyes production, exportation of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
Egypt will soon sign with China an agreement to manufacture and export Sinovac Chinese vaccine shots against COVID-19, the Egyptian government said in a statement on Monday. Health minister Hala Zayed said a deal will be signed with China’s Sinovac company, the manufacturer of Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, CoronaVac. Vacsera, a Holding company in Giza will […]
COVID-19: Brookings Institution lists Morocco among best performers in MENA region
The Washington-based Brookings Institution highlighted Morocco’s performance in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, listing the Kingdom among the best performers in the Middle East and North Africa region. In a paper titled “One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’”, the Institution underlined the strong initial […]
Morocco diversifies vaccine sources to maintain campaign uninterrupted
Morocco looks to diversify the vaccines it is administering as part of a mass vaccination campaign in an international context where demand exceeds offer. Morocco has already received 8.5 million doses, including 7 million doses from AstraZeneca and the rest from Chinese Sinopharm. The country expects to obtain 1 million doses from Russia’s Sputnik, 2 […]
Covid-19: Morocco decides to continue using AstraZeneca jab
Morocco has decided to continue using AstraZeneca vaccine in its immunization campaign against Covid-19, saying the lifesaving benefits outweigh the risk of potential side effects of the vaccine developed by the UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company. The decision was announced Wednesday following a meeting held by the country’s experts and medical consultants after global reports of serious […]
COVID-19: Morocco extends night curfew, other restrictive measures for two more weeks as of March 16
Morocco has extended the night curfew and other anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, March16 at 9 p.m. although health authorities have been reporting in recent weeks decreasing numbers of daily new coronavirus cases with more recoveries than new cases, and lower fatality rates. Besides the night curfew from 9 p.m. […]
Morocco’s successful management of Covid-19 Crisis, vaccination campaign still making the headlines
Morocco’s successful management of Covid-19 Crisis and its successful vaccination campaign were hailed by international organizations and several governments and are still making the headlines of international media. Chilean news website ELPeriodista wrote in this vein that the measures taken by Morocco to avoid mass contagion by the coronavirus and its vaccination plan have made […]
COVID-19: Morocco seeking Sputnik, Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Moroccan authorities are seeking to get the Russian Sputnik V vaccine and the US single shot Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine after the Kingdom received 8.5 million doses including 6 million jabs from AstraZeneca and 2.5 million from China’s Sinopharm. The Moroccan scientific advisory panel has given its green light for the Russian and American […]
Covid-19: Morocco suspends air links with six other countries
Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend flights to and from six other countries, extending the list of countries with which air links have been banned, in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. The six new countries added to this list are Poland, Norway, Finland, Greece, Lebanon, and Kuwait. The suspension of air […]
COVID-19: Morocco suspends flights with Algeria, Egypt
Morocco decided on Thursday to stop flights from and to Algeria and Egypt until March 21. The decision is part of the country’s efforts to fight the new coronavirus strains, according to Moroccan authorities. The same source added that this decision also applies to travelers who come from Algeria and Egypt through countries that still […]