The decision was taken after the opinion of the national scientific committee for whom “the vaccination campaign is a real response to end the acute phase of the pandemic”. Thus the King of Morocco Mohammed VI has endorsed the launch in the kingdom of a “massive vaccination operation” against the new coronavirus in the coming weeks. This was announced in an official press release without however specifying which vaccine would be used and without giving a precise date.
A plan planned after Morocco’s involvement in clinical trials
On an “unprecedented scale”, the vaccination campaign will primarily target “front-line staff” (health sector, public authorities, security forces, national education) and “elderly or vulnerable to the virus”, before to be extended to all adults, the statement said. The country is currently participating in clinical trials of the Chinese vaccine from the Sinopharm laboratory, with an agreement granting it 10 million doses before the end of the year in the event of convincing results. The laboratories Pfizer (United States) and BioNTech (Germany) raised a wave of hope worldwide by announcing Monday that their vaccine candidate was effective “at 90%” according to the large-scale phase 3 trial underway, final stage before an application for approval. The Russians submitted to the World Health Organization at the end of October a request for prequalification of their Sputnik V vaccine.
Objective: to contain the rise of the epidemic
The pandemic is not weakening in the kingdom, which has recorded in recent days more than 5,000 new cases daily. Morocco has identified a total of 259,951 contaminations since the first case in early March, including 4,356 deaths, according to official figures. Experts advocate total reconfinement, economic circles oppose it and the government has hesitated for several days as the economic crisis suffocates the most vulnerable. The state of health emergency in force in Morocco since mid-March has been extended until December 10. Beyond the health crisis and the risk of hospital saturation, several local media have reported logistical problems for the current influenza vaccination campaign.
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