The players of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have wished a good Ramadan 2021 to Muslims. The holy month began on April 13 in some countries like France, Syria, Egypt, but started on Wednesday, April 14 in others like Morocco, Oman, India and Iran.
Morocco, which hopes to receive more vaccines from India, will have to wait until May. India has officially announced the temporary suspension of exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) to several countries, including Morocco.
Morocco is concerned about the depletion of its stock of anti-Covid-19 vaccines. It is also mobilizing to obtain deliveries from 4 suppliers in the coming days.
Morocco, Brazil and Saudi Arabia will receive the next AstraZeneca deliveries late. This announcement was made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the Indian manufacturer of the British vaccine.
India has just authorized 25 countries, including Morocco , to receive a next batch of 24 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. This is the second vaccine delivery after the first receipt of 2,000,000 doses.
People being vaccinated against the coronavirus can choose between the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine or the British AstraZeneca vaccine, says a source close to the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat . The two vaccines are practically equally effective (79% for the Sinopharm vaccine and 70% for the AstraZeneca vaccine).
Morocco will receive new batches of Covid-19 vaccines in February, March and April next at specific dates, according to the Minister of Health. The kingdom plans to vaccinate a total of 30 million people to achieve herd immunity.
The launch date of the national vaccination campaign in Morocco is known. It will start next week, probably after the delivery of the Chinese vaccine doses, scheduled for January 27, 2021.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has reacted to the information circulating in public opinion and tried to reassure about the effectiveness of the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines. The latter is expected soon in Morocco.
Morocco will receive more than one million doses of the British vaccine, AstraZeneca, next Saturday. At the maneuver, Royal Air Maroc (RAM) .
The vaccination campaign in Morocco will probably not start with the Chinese vaccine, but rather with the Swedish-British vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. After the authorization of this vaccine, an imminent launch of the vaccination campaign is in sight.
After the delivery of the first batches of the Sinopharm vaccine, Morocco should receive the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine starting January 12, the launch date of the vaccination campaign in India.