Morocco has so far vaccinated over 4.1 million people against Covid-19, making it one of the top 10 countries with the most remarkable vaccination rates and surpassing some European powers, writes Argentina-based “Alternative Press Agency”.
Morocco is thus materializing “the African miracle” in terms of Covid-19 vaccination, at a time when only 12 countries on the continent have begun the process of vaccinating their populations, the news agency said in a story titled “Morocco world leader in vaccination against Covid”.
As of January 29, when the campaign began in Morocco with the vaccination of HM King Mohammed VI, “in a gesture designed to give confidence and encourage Moroccans to get vaccinated”, the Kingdom has immunized more than four million of its inhabitants, 1.22 million of whom have received the second dose of the vaccine, it added. This figure is increased daily by 100 thousand new vaccinated.
In this regard, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that Morocco is among the top ten countries in the world to have vaccinated a larger proportion of its population.
The Agency recalls that Morocco has acquired 66 million doses from different global laboratories, which have already delivered 8.5 million doses, the majority of which come from Chinese Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca, whose factory is located in India.
Morocco has set up some 3,037 vaccination centers throughout the country (more than half of them in rural areas), in addition to seven hundred mobile vaccination units in the different provinces to reach the most remote areas or to go door-to-door, wherever necessary, to administer the vaccines, according to the same source.
Through this massive deployment, Morocco aims to vaccinate, free of charge, 80% of its inhabitants (including foreigners) aged over 17.
Similarly, the Kingdom intends to be a continental center for vaccine production building on the country’s pharmaceutical development and the resilience of its economy in the face of the crisis, and taking advantage of the agreement reached with Chinese laboratory Sinopharm for the installation of a vaccine production plant in Morocco.
Morocco’s access to Sinopharm’s vaccines and the strategic partnership with China to produce vaccines locally were made possible by a telephone conversation between HM King Mohammed VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping on July 22.
Once again, Morocco, under the leadership of HM the King, has shown that it is “a global example on how to face a crisis successfully,” concludes the news agency.
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