How many doses of Covid vaccine will Moroccans need to be fully protected from the coronavirus? Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb believes that the third booster dose will be enough, but according to experts, a fourth dose may be necessary and seasonal reminders are not ruled out.
Opponents of the vaccine pass mobilized again this weekend in several cities, demanding the withdrawal of the government’s decision. Gatherings dispersed by the police, who made arrests.
Moroccan travelers, holders of a vaccination certificate, will be authorized, as of November 7, to enter the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The Moroccan authorities are seeking the help of imams in charge of leading the Friday prayer in the kingdom’s mosques in order to raise awareness among the faithful about vaccination against Covid-19.
The Ministry of Health has provided for an exemption certificate for people with excessive allergy to one of the virus components.
The Moroccan Anti-Poison and Pharmacovigilance Center (CAPM) indicated that out of the 35,000 people who reported adverse effects from the Covid vaccination , 99.5% have extremely mild complications. According to the director of the Center, Rachida Soulaymani Bencheikh, these are mild side effects that disappear after a few days.
The United States have announced new travel conditions to access their territory. Only vaccinated travelers will be able to set foot on American soil.
Meeting last Saturday in Rabat to examine the latest developments related to the Moroccan Sahara issue, the Central Committee of the Istiqlal Party (PI) also took the opportunity to look into the wave of discontent that has swept Morocco since the health pass became mandatory.
The government’s decision to require the vaccine pass in public places is still causing a lot of discontent. Several demonstrations were observed on Sunday in several Moroccan cities.
Moroccans who have received doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine are torn between disappointment, hope and anger. Impossible to travel with a vaccine pass marked Sinopharm. A harsh reality for a woman who, thinking she could go to Europe, was turned away at Rabat-Salé airport, even with a negative PCR test less than 48 hours old and a vaccine pass issued by the Moroccan authorities.
On Saturday, October 30, Morocco received a batch of 850,590 doses of the American-German vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech, from the United States as part of the Covax program. Not to mention a financial aid of 2 million dollars to support the kingdom in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a presentation before the Council of Government on Thursday on the situation related to Covid-19 in Morocco, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khalid Ait Taleb, stated that the kingdom has moved to the green level thanks to the clear improvement in epidemiological indicators.