Morocco reported 9,041 new Covid-19 cases as the country continues to battle the latest outbreak of infections.
123 new fatalities were also reported, another record-breaking daily toll that raised the total of casualties since the beginning of the pandemic to 11,242.
Morocco is betting on its national vaccination campaign to curb the rise in infections. According to the ministry of health, 16,740,875 people received their first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine while 11,980,285 were fully inoculated.
Last week, Morocco reinforced its vaccine stock with 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as it plans to expand vaccination to teenagers aged between 12 and 17, health ministry sources said.
The new shipment is part of an order of almost 2 million doses of the American vaccine which should help safeguard gains made by Morocco’s vaccination campaign and pave the way for a return to normal.
Morocco also received, on Friday, one million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, bringing the total of doses of the Chinese vaccine received so far to 23.5 million. Currently, most of the doses administered in the country are provided by Sinopharm, followed by Johnson and Johnson.
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