Morocco Receives 700,000 Pfizer Vaccine Doses, Expanding COVID-19 Campaign to Young Adults

The reception took place this Friday around 8:30 a.m. at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. This batch of vaccine was transported by refrigerated trucks from SNTL to the services of the Autonomous Refrigeration Reggie of Casablanca (RAFC). With this new delivery, Morocco will be able to continue its vaccination campaign against Covid-19, recently extended to those 20 and over. Their vaccination will start next Monday.

The kingdom has also extended the vaccination against the coronavirus to the 12-17 age group in order to be able to ensure a return under the best health conditions. These people will be vaccinated in the last week of August with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, adopted by all the countries that have vaccinated the youngest.

Also on this Friday, a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) Dreamliner landed at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. The aircraft ensured the transport of a new batch of Sinopharm Chinese vaccine containing one million doses. After landing, this batch of vaccine was transported to the usual destination.

As of August 13, 16,034,986 people have received the first dose, while 11,299,174 people have been injected with the two doses. The Covid-19 report shows 731,084 cases of contamination, 639,534 recoveries and 10,711 deaths.