The World Health Organization said that Morocco is among nine African countries that achieved the global vaccination target of immunizing 10% of the most vulnerable against COVID-19 before the end of September.
South Africa and Tunisia are among the countries that have already reached the goal set by the WHO. At the current pace, three more African countries are set to meet the target, while two more could meet it if they speed up vaccinations.
Morocco has made progress in the field of vaccination, with over 40% of the population fully inoculated against the coronavirus and a total of 34.2 million doses administered.
“The total number of people who took two doses of the vaccine is 15 million 039 thousand, which means we have crossed the threshold of 50 percent of the target group,” Member of the vaccination committee, Professor Said Afif told Hespress Eng.
Morocco has recently extended its vaccination campaign to include 12 to 17-year-olds who will be inoculated using either Pfizer or Sinopharm.
Although Morocco’s latest Covid-19 outbreak has begun to subside, the Kingdom is not yet out of the danger zone.
“As long as the virus is still among us, there is always danger,” said professor Afif.
According to health experts, the most effective way to curb the spread of Covid-19 is to wear masks and respect social distancing measures.
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