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Less than three weeks after it launched its large-scale immunization campaign against COVID-19, Morocco has inoculated 1.4 million people in a campaign that is unfolding in the best conditions and witnessing a strong mobilization of citizens, while in Algeria the pseudo-vaccination campaign is taking place in total chaos. According to the real-time vaccination counting […]
Morocco is poised to reach herd immunity in three to five months which would enable a restoration of normalcy, health minister said. His statement comes after Morocco received a new batch of 4 million AstraZeneca doses enabling the ministry to extend the vaccination to people over 65 years old. Morocco had received last month two […]
Morocco made “good choices” in terms of monetary and fiscal policy in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, who highlighted the very strong partnership between the international financial institution and the Kingdom. “We have had a very strong partnership with Morocco for years now. […]
The Moroccan government Council, held in Rabat this Thursday Feb.04, has decided to extend the state of health emergency, that was scheduled to expire on Feb. 10, until March 10, 2021. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Wednesday, February 10 at 6 p.m. to […]
The United States has congratulated King Mohammed VI for launching the nationwide vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 pandemic, saying it is the first major operation rolled out in the African continent. In a letter sent Monday to the Monarch, the US Chargé d’Affaires in Rabat David Greene extended his “warm congratulations” on the launch of […]
Morocco has extended the anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, February 02 at 9 p.m. The measures include a night curfew, closure of restaurants and shopping centers at 08 p.m. and maintenance of ban on public gatherings. The restrective measures were first decreed on Dec.23, 2020 for three weeks and […]
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. The head of the population […]
King Mohammed VI will give the effective start of the vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 in Morocco on Thursday, Jan. 28, the royal office announced in a statement on Wednesday evening. Morocco secured a sufficient quantity to start the national vaccination campaign under optimal conditions, the statement said. Morocco has so far received […]
A Royal Air Maroc Dreamliner carrying the first batch of vaccines from the Chinese Sinopharm laboratory factory landed at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca this Wednesday morning. The first batch includes 500,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese laboratory. The Kingdom had ordered 45 million doses. This is the second batch […]
The pandemic and the restrictive measures related to it have taken a toll on Moroccan firms with 38% having been forced to cut staff while 8% have suspended activity waiting for better conditions, Morocco’s statistics agency (HCP) said. Some 83% of all enterprises maintained business despite Covid-19 while 2.2% halted activity all together, the agency […]