Morocco to Acquire Russian Sputnik V Vaccine, Expanding COVID-19 Immunization Options

In a statement to TASS, Artyom Tsinamdzgvrishvili, head of the Moscow trade mission, noted that the first batches of doses to be sent to Morocco could be enough to "vaccinate more than 20% of the Moroccan population". According to the business manager, "Galenica", the distribution networks of the Russian vaccine can ensure distribution not only in Morocco, but also "in other African countries".

Thanks to the free trade agreements signed by Morocco with the EU, the United States, Turkey and several Arab and African countries, the Moroccan manufacturing company could become "a hub for the distribution of the vaccine in other countries in the region," he specified. As the first country to develop the Covid vaccine, Russia has conducted clinical trials with Sputnik V which would be effective, according to the laboratory, at 92%.