Morocco seeks to complete the COVID-19 vaccination operation in the next 3 to 5 months, in order to reach herd immunity and ensure a return to normal life, underlined Friday in Béni Mellal the minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb.
Given the pace with which the vaccination operation has been taking place so far and in accordance with the plan drawn up for its progress, the objective to be achieved over the next 3 to 5 months is to vaccinate around 30 million Moroccan citizens, i.e. 80% of the population and thus reach herd immunity, thereby reducing the negative effects induced by the spread of the pandemic and ensuring a return to normal life, the minister told MAP on the sidelines of his visit to several vaccination centers in the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region.
Morocco has been able, thanks to the enlightened vision of HM King Mohammed VI, since the launch of the national vaccination campaign, to ensure all the logistical, technical and organizational means and to acquire very large quantities of two types of the COVID-19 vaccine, Ait Taleb pointed out, stressing that the vaccination operation is underway in good conditions.
In this regard, he underlined that the vaccination operation has concerned, so far, more than one million Moroccan citizens.
The visit to the Beni Mellal region is part of the monitoring of the progress of the national vaccination campaign, the objective being to ensure the success of this important operation to return to normal life and overcome the impact of the spread of the virus, the minister added.
Morocco is carrying out advanced genomic surveillance of any new variant of this virus through four centers which submit a weekly report in this regard, he said, adding that three cases of the British variant of the virus were recorded in Morocco, while no other variant, including the South African one, has been reported so far in the Kingdom.
For his part, the provincial health delegate in Béni Mellal, Khalid Barhal, said that the total number of people vaccinated in the region has exceeded 20,000.
The pace of the operation has gradually increased, as the region currently has 46 operational vaccination centers.
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