Mandatory vaccination pass pushes a million Moroccans to take first dose

Mandatory vaccination pass pushes a million Moroccans to take first dose
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Tuesday 2 November 2021 - 10:34

A significant number of citizens have reached out to vaccination centers, after the government imposed the vaccine pass, betting on inoculating around 5 million individuals to achieve herd immunity.

863,217 individuals have taken the first jab in just ten days after mandating the vaccine pass, a number three times bigger than of those who received it before the imposition of the pass, revealed data provided to Hespress. 

Since 21 October, it became mandatory to submit the vaccine pass before entering any public spaces, including cafes, restaurants, and universities, a tactic the Moroccan authorities adopted to manage the state of health emergency.

Until Sunday evening, the number of doses that had been provided since the beginning of the pandemic was 47 million and 637 thousand doses, with a total of citizen recipients of the first dose being 24,199,231, those of the second 22,420,390, while the third makes 395,391.

First jab inoculated students whose age range between 12 to 17-year-old currently makes two million 547,657, representing 91 percent of the target group, and 1,981,904 of those who received the second dose, representing 71 percent. 

Mouad Al-Mrabet, coordinator of the National Center for Public Emergency Operations at the Ministry of Health had previously stated that the Delta wave will end in 19 weeks (133 days) which allow Morocco to enter an interphase, warning of a potential rebound of the pendamic.

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