
Morocco Denies Rumors of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Law
No bill has been sent to Parliament on the mandatory vaccination against Covid-19, says a source from the Moroccan government.

No bill has been sent to Parliament on the mandatory vaccination against Covid-19, says a source from the Moroccan government.

King Mohammed VI decided on Monday, November 9 to extend vaccination to all segments of the population. This decision, relayed by the local media, is unanimous in the press.

As part of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, 10 million doses of the vaccine will be available in Morocco in the coming weeks, for a first stage.

In a few weeks, Morocco will launch a large-scale vaccination campaign against Covid-19 . The director of the biotechnology laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Azeddine Ibrahimi, explained in an interview that to stop the spread, vaccinating as many people as possible is a formidable weapon.

The coordinator of the National Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Health , Mouad Mrabet, indicated on Tuesday that the Covid-19 reproduction rate has reached 1.22 nationwide. This was during his presentation of the biweekly report on the country’s epidemiological situation.

King Mohammed VI ordered, on Monday, the launch in the coming weeks, of a massive vaccination operation against Covid-19. This decision was made during a working session devoted to the vaccination strategy.

Moroccan Moncef Slaoui , doctor and former director of GlaxoSmithKline, is attracting a lot of curiosity. On May 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump officially entrusted him with the mission of finding a vaccine against covid-19 .

The date of vaccination of Moroccans against the coronavirus has been revealed by Dr. Abdellatif Yassi, a specialist in the emergency and toxicology department at the Hassan II Regional Hospital in Agadir.

Winter is likely to be dire in Morocco, faced with the dizzying rise in the number of Covid-19 infections and deaths recorded in recent weeks. In establishing a state of the epidemiological situation, the President of the National Federation of Health, Afif Moulay Saïd, placed particular emphasis on strict compliance with barrier gestures.

Morocco will take possession in December of 10 million doses of the Chinese Sinophama anti-Covid-19 vaccine. Clinical trials in some countries have revealed the effectiveness of the vaccine.

The sharp increase in coronavirus cases in Morocco is of great concern to the Minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb , who nevertheless believes that "the situation at the national level remains under control".

The Secretary General of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), Nabila Mounib, is not yet convinced of the "effectiveness" of the anti-Covid-19 vaccines. "I’m afraid for Moroccans..." she said, urging her compatriots not to try them.