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Thousands of foreign residents have benefited from Morocco’s free coronavirus vaccination campaign which kicked off on January 28. King Mohammed VI had ordered that the campaign be open to Moroccans and foreign residents in the country in a bid to achieve collective immunity as soon as possible. President of the association of French nationals in […]
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 […]
Foreign residents in Morocco are vaccinated against the COVID-19 free of charge in the various vaccination centers set up across the country. In this connection, l’Association des Français de Rabat (AFR) said in a statement that following instructions by King Mohammed VI, foreign residents in Morocco, and in particular French expatriates, received free vaccines against […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulated Morocco on the success of its Covid-19 vaccination efforts, indicating that the country is among the “top 10 successful countries” in launching a national vaccination campaign. Morocco started preparing for a national free vaccination campaign as early as November and kickstarted inoculation on January 28. So far, 3.74 million […]
Morocco has extended the night curfew and other anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, March 2 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, the measures […]
Morocco has deepened the gap with the rest of Africa and became one of the top countries with the largest vaccinated population after it has inoculated 3.1 million people. This milestone was achieved thanks to sustained efforts and early work to obtain vaccines. So far, Morocco received enough vaccines for 4 million people, with a […]
European Union ambassador to Rabat Mrs. Claudia Vidaye has commended Morocco’s immunization campaign against covid-19, which has been launched on Jan.28 and which is doing better than some European countries. At a press conference held on Wednesday in Rabat on achievements by EU-Morocco partnership last year and cooperation prospects for 2021, the diplomat voiced […]
Morocco got one million more AstraZeneca doses bringing total Covid-19 vaccine jabs it received to 8 million, health ministry sources said. This new batch confirms regular shipment to Morocco as it continues its national vaccine campaign, using besides AstraZeneca, the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. Morocco is expected in the next few hours to exceed the 3 […]
The vaccination campaign launched in Morocco on Jan.28 is unfolding successfully with over 2.46 million people having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while the second dose was administered so far to 13,476 people. Although Morocco has only launched its vaccination campaign since Jan.28, i.e. only three weeks ago, the Kingdom has already […]
Over 2.2 million people have been vaccinated in Morocco by Feb.18 as the country lowered the threshold for the targeted population to over 60 years old. Morocco plans to inoculate 80% or more than 30 million of people aged over 17 years old and ordered 66 million doses from China’s Sinopharm and AstraZeneca. The country […]