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Morocco received the first batch of China’s Sinopharm vaccine as it plans to vaccinate 25 million people, Moroccan media reported. Moroccan health minister Khaled Ait Taleb had said that Morocco ordered 65 million doses, 25 million from the UK’s AstraZeneca and 40 from Sinopharm. King Mohammed VI had given directives for the campaign to start […]
Commercial flights dropped by 72% in Moroccan airports due to the pandemic with Marrakech airport being the most hit. Morocco’s first tourist hub, Marrakech, saw airport activity shrink 75% in the first 11 months of this year while the second tourist destination, Agadir, saw flights decrease by 71%, the national airport agency ONDA said. Only […]
Morocco has ordered 65 million vaccine doses enough to immunize 25 million people, government spokesman Said Amzazi said. Speaking to the press following the government council, Amzazi said that the order was made in implementation of the Royal directives to launch a mass vaccination campaign. The King has also ordered that the vaccine should be […]
In Algeria, the street protests seem to have faded away for the hundreds of thousands of protesters who, for months, invaded the big cities every week to demand the end of the “system”. The Covid-19 has overcome this popular fervor, but the Hirak, born on 22 February 2019, is resisting. The Hirak militants suspended their […]
The Moroccan government has decided to tighten health emergency measures, following the recommendations of the Scientific and Technical Committee. The committee called for strengthening the measures of the state of health emergency and to continue to adhere to preventive measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The new measures to extend over three weeks and […]
Due to the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the United Kingdom and the emergence of a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Moroccan government has decided to suspend flights to and from the United Kingdom, starting from the night of Sunday, December 20. Pursuant to the Government’s decision, Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc […]
HM King Mohammed VI sent a message to the President of the French Republic, His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, in which the Sovereign wished him a speedy recovery following his contamination with Covid-19. “I have learnt that you have tested positive for COVID-19. I hope that you will quickly be restored to perfect health and I […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has interrupted his European tour and cancelled his trip to Italy after minister of Economy tested positive to covid-19, reports say. Mechichi was expected in Rome on Tuesday at the invitation of the Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, after his trip to Paris Monday. The Italy trip was cancelled after […]
The Moroccan government Council, held this Thursday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency, that was scheduled to expire on Thursday December 10, until January 10, 2021, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health […]
Morocco is finalizing its logistics preparations for the launch of a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination campaign under instructions from King Mohammed VI. The Health Ministry said that 2888 vaccination centers have been prepared as Morocco plans to start vaccination in the upcoming days. He said that orders have been placed and that the strategy also includes […]