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The IMF expects Morocco’s economy to grow 6.3%, the highest rates among its MENA peers, as the country continues its fiscal and monetary stimulus. Morocco’s economic performance is also credited thanks to its “successful vaccination campaign” which enabled the country to contain the pandemic and allow the economy to rebound, the IMF said after its […]
Morocco has registered an exponential rise in people taking first Covid-19 jabs bringing the country closer to reaching the goal of immunizing 80% of its population aged over 12 years old, health minister Khalid Ait Taleb said. Starting from last Thursday, only fully vaccinated people can access the workplace, cafes, restaurants in addition to inter-city […]
Morocco has received a first shipment of 600,000 jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech as it plans to expand inoculation to people aged 12, health ministry sources said. The new shipment is part of an order of about 2 million jabs of the powerful vaccine which should help safeguard gains made by Morocco’s vaccination campaign. Morocco also […]
Morocco, which is making steady strides towards reaching herd immunity, has extended vaccination to the youth aged 20 years and over as the vaccine flow continues unhindered. The Moroccan Health Ministry, which made the announcement in a statement on Saturday, urged young Moroccan citizens to go to the nearest vaccination center to take their first […]
The immunization campaign against Covid-19 in Morocco has been extended to people aged between 35 and 39, the ministry of Health announced Friday. People over 40 who have not yet been vaccinated are urged to go to vaccination centers to receive their doses, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry also urged all targeted […]
Morocco has widened the gap with African peers as it reinforces its standing among the nations that made remarkable headway in their vaccination campaigns thanks to sustained efforts that centred, inter alia, on ensuring steady supply which totaled 19.5 million doses by July 2. The figure was unveiled by Dr Mohamed Benazzouz, head of national […]
Morocco is expected to receive a new delivery of 2 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine by March 30, Le360 reports quoting well-informed sources. Additional doses of the vaccine developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm are due to land in Morocco on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, the Ministry of Health confirmed but without specifying […]
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 […]
Several European media outlets have expressed admiration for Morocco’s vaccination campaign, which enabled so far to inoculate 4.17 million people with 1.22 million having received the second dose. Since its launch end of January in Morocco, the vaccination campaign is progressing at an “impressive pace”, with more than 4 million people vaccinated, French daily newspaper […]
The US will donate $2.5 million to Morocco in support of its sustained vaccination campaign, the largest in Africa and one of the top 10 most successful in the world. A spokesperson for the US embassy in Rabat said that USAID has given Morocco 10.7 million dollars in support of its coronavirus response. It is […]