A new vaccine against seasonal flu will soon be available on the Moroccan market. This vaccine, which attacks four strains of the virus, will provide broader protection and therefore better efficacy.
The increase in deaths due to the coronavirus has led the Ministry of Health to update the patient management protocol and revise the therapeutic protocol.
The 100% Moroccan Coronavirus diagnostic kit is now available. The Moldiag research and development center created by the MAScIR Foundation, which is the depositary, has already received an initial order of 100,000 units from the Ministry of Health.
As of this Thursday, September 3, the update on the epidemiological situation in Morocco regarding the Covid-19 pandemic will be done in writing, in Arabic and French. The Ministry of Health made the announcement in a press release.
In its weekly statement on the epidemiological situation, both in Morocco and internationally, the Ministry of Health indicated on Tuesday that the virus reproduction rate has decreased over the week from August 24 to 30.
600 Moroccans have volunteered to participate in the clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine, which will take place at the university hospitals of Rabat and Casablanca as well as the military hospital of Rabat.
The number of patients due to the coronavirus in the city of Marrakech continues to flood the hospitals to the point of exhausting the medical staff.
Since August 5, Morocco has strengthened the protocol for the care of Covid-19 patients, by allowing the home treatment of asymptomatic cases. While this helps to decongest the hospitals, the question of the management of the household waste of these cases remains unresolved.
The authorities of the Mohammed V Hospital in Casablanca have now entrusted the justice system with the file relating to a video of an act of corruption involving members of its medical staff.
The call launched by the Minister of Health to the executives of the sector, asking them to participate in the clinical trials on the Covid-19 vaccine, is troubling the good relationship he has maintained with them since the start of the epidemic. Through several messages posted on social networks, they have expressed their discontent.
The large tent set up within the Ibn Tofail hospital can now accommodate serious cases of Covid-19 contamination. It includes 100 beds equipped with oxygen.
Between 1,000 and 2,000 candidates will volunteer, starting September 1, to experiment with the new Chinese anti-Covid-19 vaccine, during phase 3 of clinical trials. An allowance is granted to the "guinea pigs", who must meet specific criteria.