Morocco expands vaccination push to 20-year-olds and over

Morocco expands vaccination push to 20-year-olds and over
Saturday 7 August 2021 - 10:23

The Ministry of Health announced Saturday that it will be expanding the national anti-covid-19 vaccination campaign to 20-year-olds and over.

The decision comes as new Covid-19 infections in the North African countries soared, with over 10 000 cases recorded daily for three consecutive days.

The kingdom is betting on its national vaccination campaign to curb the rise in infections. As of Friday, 14 981 732 received one shot of the vaccine, while 10 870 130 were fully vaccinated, according to the ministry of health.

Morocco has recently signed a deal with pharmaceutical Pfizer to acquire 1.8 million doses of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, set to arrive next week.

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