Morocco Considers Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Vulnerable Groups

Professor Azzedine Ibrahimi, a member of the scientific commission, explained that scientists do not rule out Morocco resorting to a third dose of the anti-covid-19 vaccine for the elderly or people with immune system dysfunction as well as patients undergoing chemotherapy.

However, explains the director of the biology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine in Rabat, the priority for Morocco is to achieve a good vaccination rate (of the two doses) in order to curb the contamination. Once this objective is achieved, Morocco could imitate those countries that have consolidated immunity with a booster dose.

For the physician and researcher in health policies and systems, Tayeb Hamdi, the third dose is recommended when the first two have not provided the expected immunity in the elderly or people with chronic diseases.

Regarding the establishment of an annual vaccination against Covid-19, the professor indicated that this would become a necessity in the event that the vaccine lost its effectiveness.