End of the concrete for vaccination in Africa. After Seychelles and Egypt, Morocco is launching. Since Friday January 22 and the landing of the Royal Air Maroc plane from India loaded with the first batch of the British vaccine “AstraZeneca”, it is the relief for many Moroccans, who had until then the eyes fixed on the sky. Since Sunday, January 24, it is even already possible to make an appointment to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus, the first step in a free and “gradual” national campaign scheduled for next week.
Moroccan citizens as well as foreign residents in Morocco who are part of the priority groups can obtain their vaccination appointment via https://t.co/93j6QCJfgK or by sending an SMS to the free number 17 17, and this from Sunday January 24 2021 at noon.
– Maroc Diplomatie (@MarocDiplomatie) January 22, 2021
A campaign that will start next week
The AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine, marketed under the name Covidshield, is authorized for a period of 12 months and will be administered in two stages, with an interval “of four and 12 weeks” between the two doses, specifies the document from the Department of Health . The first injections are reserved in priority for health professionals over 40, public authorities, soldiers, teachers over 45, but also over 75, in areas marked by high rates contamination. If no date has been officially communicated for the first vaccinations, an awareness campaign on the theme “I protect myself, I protect my country” was launched on Friday by the Ministry of Health, which hopes to immunize some 25 million people. adults evening 80% of the population. “The fight that we should lead today is that of vaccination. The vaccine is available so that you can live serenely, ”explains the official spot broadcast in different dialects, on television, national radio and social networks.
Choices dictated by logistics
The kingdom expects other batches from the Chinese group SinoPharm on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health. This is explained by the fact that Morocco had participated in Chinese clinical trials and had placed its orders in the fall. Rabat had indicated at the end of December having ordered 65 million doses of these vaccines, the cheapest and easier to store at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees. Choices deemed more in tune with Moroccan and more broadly African realities.
Because the pandemic is not weakening in Morocco, where nearly 2,000 new cases are on average recorded every day. The kingdom of 35 million inhabitants, where the state of health emergency was declared in mid-March, has recorded more than 465,000 cases of contamination, including 8,100 deaths, according to the latest official report. A nighttime curfew has been in effect since December 21 and for three weeks, gatherings are prohibited and restaurants, cafes, shops and supermarkets close from 8 p.m. Restaurants in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier are completely closed for the period. Indeed, the pandemic primarily affects cities with high urban density, such as the economic capital Casablanca (West) and the popular city of Salé, adjacent to Rabat. As in other countries, the campaign, which had been officially announced at the beginning of November, was delayed by the delivery times of the vaccine. Local media, however, criticized a lack of communication on the subject.
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