Morocco Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness Campaign to Combat Misinformation

In a statement at the end of the meeting of the Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Program for the Prevention and Control of Influenza and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections, the minister indicated that the hope of eradicating this disease is based on the vaccine. Thus, it is urgent to be in the best health conditions before the start of the vaccination campaign.

Immunity is acquired after several weeks following vaccination, the authority said, stressing the importance of strictly respecting barrier gestures. Moreover, the Moroccan population will be one of the first in the world to be vaccinated.

The meeting was also an opportunity to take stock of the epidemiological situation with overwhelmed health services, as in the Casablanca region, where an occupancy rate of 68% of intensive care units is observed, the minister pointed out, stressing the need to take appropriate measures to curb the increase in serious cases admitted to intensive care units. "If the situation does not evolve, confinement will be automatic and mandatory," he added.