Morocco moves to the green zone, as covid cases decline

Morocco moves to the green zone, as covid cases decline
Friday 29 October 2021 - 10:54

Morocco moved to the green zone, following the noticeable decrease in COVID-19 cases, said the Health Minister, Khalid Ait Taleb during a meeting held on October 28.

The country is reporting 326 new COVID-19 cases on average each day, representing 3% of the peak, and has administered at least 46,094,289 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines so far, assuming each person needs 2 shots to have vaccinated about 63.2% of the country’s population, according to the latest update of October 29.

The Health Minister said the national vaccination campaign is intensifying efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, adopting a vaccine pass mandate starting October 21 to access public spaces and for travel in order to urge people to get vaccinated.

The country began administrating as well a third booster shot of the anti-COVID-19 starting October 04.

The number of people who received one shot of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine rose to 24,053,942, representing more than 64%, while 21,835,545 people are fully vaccinated, representing 57.6%, said the Minister, adding 1,263,441 people have received a third booster shot.

The Health Minister called on to keep respecting precautionary measures, saying despite the improvement in the epidemiological situation, the country remains not immune enough for a new wave due to the outbreak of the new strain of Delta variant cases in several countries around the world.

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