Morocco received on Wednesday the first batch of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced.
A second plane coming from China landed, at Mohammed VI International Airport in Casablanca, carrying the first batch of the vaccine produced by the Chinese pharmaceutical group Sinopharm, in partnership with the Chinese national biotechnology laboratory, said the ministry in a statement.
The department stressed that the acquisition of this vaccine is an implementation of the High directives of HM King Mohammed VI to launch a large-scale national vaccination campaign in order to immunize all components of the Moroccan people and achieve collective immunity, allowing to reduce the cases of contamination and fatalities caused by the epidemic.
The Sinopharm vaccine, which has obtained the authorization of the health authorities of the country of origin, has shown its effectiveness and lack of any potential side effects, as evidenced by pre-clinical and clinical data, thus allowing it to obtain the authorization of the Moroccan Ministry of Health after unanimous opinion by the National Vaccination Commission, the statement said.
The first doses of the received vaccine will be distributed this Wednesday to all regions of the Kingdom after the completion of all the required technical procedures.
The Kingdom of Morocco has acquired sufficient quantities of vaccines for 33 million people (66 million doses). It had already received a first batch of the British AstraZeneca vaccine, manufactured in India, which was distributed to all regions ahead of the launch of the national vaccination campaign.
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