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Preparations are ongoing for Morocco to launch a large-scale vaccination campaign as Morocco is in talks with different producers to acquire effective vaccines, head of the Moroccan government said. Morocco has ordered the Sinopharm vaccine and is waiting for the results of phase three before using it in a campaign that is expected to start […]
The Moroccan Minister of National Education, Training Professional, Higher Education and Scientific Research, spokesperson for government, President of the Moroccan National Commission for Education, Sciences and Culture (MarocNatCom), and the Director General Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ICESCO), presided yesterday over the ceremony of launch of the “Project to fight against Covid-19 […]
In implementation of Royal guidelines to roll out coronavirus vaccine for all, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said that preparations are underway and the safety and health of citizens is a priority. “Our country’s choice for a vaccine is based on the criteria of safety and efficiency,” said El Othmani at the […]
During this school year, 140,250 students moved from private to public schools compared to 52,000 last year, Moroccan Education Minister said. This exodus is partly triggered by the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on households’ revenue as well as the low quality of private school teaching. Minister Said Amzazi said that 68 private schools had […]
Senior Palestinian official and key member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr Saeb Erekat, has passed away from COVID-19, said Palestinian party Fatah. He was 65. Erekat died at Israel’s Hadassah-University Medical Center where he was receiving intensive care. The familiar face in Palestinian politics for 40 years and veteran peace negotiator […]
Morocco will launch, in the coming weeks, a massive vaccination operation against Covid-19 to end the acute phase of the pandemic. This unprecedented nationwide operation aims to provide the population with a vaccine as an appropriate immunization means against the virus and controlling its spread, said the Royal Office in a statement issued after […]
The Moroccan government Council, held Thursday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency, that was scheduled to expire Saturday, November 10, until December 10, 2020, 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 emergency throughout […]
Morocco’s tourism is counting the losses due to the coronavirus pandemic with the number of tourist arrivals plummeting by 78% to 2.2 million in the first nine months of this year. Tourism receipts, key to Morocco’s foreign exchange reserves, shrank 60% to 24.3 billion dirhams, the tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui told MPs. The summer […]
Head of the government Saad Eddine El Otmani warned that the return to a full lockdown is on the table as coronavirus cases have surged with 4495 new cases on November 3. “No one of us, both officials and citizens, wishes a return to a full lockdown due to its economic, social and psychological impacts,” […]
Tunisia received Monday 18 tons of the medical supply offered by the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to help the North African country in its fight against the covid-19 pandemic. An aircraft loaded with protective gears for covid-19 and two artificial respirators landed in capital Tunis international airport Monday morning. A military source told local […]