
Tetouan Prepares 47 Centers for COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
The competent services have gone all out for the effective launch of the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in Tetouan and its entire region.

The competent services have gone all out for the effective launch of the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in Tetouan and its entire region.

The restrictive measures that were imposed on places of worship, in order to fight against the spread of the coronavirus in Belgium, have been slightly relaxed. The decision was made last Friday by the government.

2,012 people were infected with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Morocco, the Ministry of Health reported. Since March, 399,609 cases have been recorded in the Kingdom.

Some 47 patients died in the last 24 hours from Covid-19 according to figures released by the Minister of Health, bringing the total number of people who have succumbed to the coronavirus since the start of the epidemic in March last year in Morocco to 6,589.

Present on five continents, Nipro Corporation Japan (NCJ) through Nipro Medical Europe (NME) has just set up its subsidiary called Nipro Medical Morocco (NMM) in Morocco. A new opportunity has thus been created in terms of health and employment.

Awaiting the arrival of foreign tourists, Morocco wants to focus on medical tourism. It represents a potential of 300,000 additional arrivals in the kingdom, says Imad Barrakad, chairman of the board of the Moroccan Tourist Engineering Company (SMIT).

The coronavirus reproduction rate (R0) has seen a slight decline in the past two weeks. It stood at 0.92% this Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.

A few days before the reception of the first doses of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine, the Director of Medicines, Bouchra Madah, reassures about the choices made by the Kingdom. The three criteria of vaccine quality, efficacy and safety of use have been met, in accordance with international standards for vaccine development.

Many Moroccans see the Kingdom on the path to legalizing cannabis, following its vote on Wednesday, December 2, to remove this narcotic from the list of the most dangerous drugs.

The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 60 Moroccan doctors out of 23,000, a mortality rate of 0.02%.

Morocco celebrated Saturday, December 5, the National Blood Donor Day, under the slogan, "blood donation is the responsibility of all". Every year, the National Blood Transfusion and Hematology Center raises awareness about the importance of blood donation.

The vaccination of Moroccan doctors against the coronavirus starts on Monday, December 7. The stakeholders are pulling out all the stops to ensure its success.