COVID-19 cases will continue to drop in the upcoming days in Morocco, said the coordinator at the National Center for Emergency Operations of Public Health of the Ministry, Mouad Merabet.
The Health official explained COVID-19 indicators at the Med Expo event, which took place on February 11 to 12 in Tangier, along with the presence of health professionals, pharmacists, and experts, part of Sigma Pharm.
Merabet said the reproduction rate in this period is set at 0.77, less than 1, which means “the country is in the descent phase of SARS-CoV2.”
As for COVID-19 related-deaths, the Health official said, “deaths were on rise during the past 3 weeks,” he said, adding, “starting the next week, the rate of COVID-19 related-deaths will begin to drop gradually.”
The pharmacist and member of Sigma Pharm, Sonia Safi, began her speech at the event by stating that 5 million deaths occurred due to COVID-19 as of November 2021.
The pharmacist paid tribute to health professionals who passed away due to COVID-19 while practicing their work.
Additionally, the president of the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists (CNOP), Doctor Hamza Guedira said pharmacists responded to patients’ and customers’ needs all along the COVID-19 period, 24/7.
The Doctor stated that Sigma pharm plays a major role in the economy, quality management, and support of young pharmacists who aim to create their small or medium pharmacies.
“Young pharmacists didn’t have courses in management and economy, but instead, chemistry and molecules composition,” he specified.
“The main goal of Sigma pharm is to support those young pharmacists as well as do a follow-up until they get to evolve in their work,” Doctor Hamza Guedira added.
The Doctor said pharmacies will face a major setback in the country, due to medical insurance which will be launched by the end of 2022.
“This option will impact pharmacies negatively, and we didn’t even have the right to express our opinion about it,” he added.
Sigma pharm was created in 2017, is the leading economic interest grouping (EIG), operating in the pharmaceutical sector in the country, chaired by Noureddine Salami.
Med Expo event was organized by Sigma pharm, as the group celebrates the 5th anniversary in Tangier, following the city’s role in Morocco’s GDP.
As of this year, the group totaled 302 members, aiming to better overcome the challenges faced by pharmacies in order to ensure the survival of their businesses as well as contribute to the drop of drug prices nationwide.
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