Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb announced, Friday, that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign will start as soon as possible. In a press release, the Ministry confirmed that Morocco received 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca-developed vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. The Ministry also announced that Morocco will receive the first batch of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on Wednesday. المغرب يتوصل بأول دفعة من اللقاح ضد #كوفيد19
1,138 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 464,844. 1,351 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 430,652. 29 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,105. 15 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 4 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 2 in Marrakech-Safi, 2
Morocco has improved its ranking in the Global Firepower Military Strength Index which compares the military might of 138 states. The Kingdom thus gained 3 places this year, ranked 53rd in the world, but remains far behind Algeria, currently ranked 27th.
A Royal Air Maroc plane carrying 2 million doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford and produced by the Serum Institute of India, landed, Friday afternoon, at the Mohammed V International Airport after it was shipped earlier that day from India. جمعة مباركةلقاح كوفيشيلد (من المعهد الهندي أسترازينيكا - أكسفورد - سيروم ) يصل إلى المغرب الآن. ليكن الجميع سعداء.
While the pomp and «declarations of love» were prevalent when the announcement of the normalization of relations between Arab countries and Israel was announced, with Morocco all the folklore has been discarded in favor of serious meetings.
Spain's ruling left-wing coalition government is struggling to put forward a specific date for the next high-level meeting with Morocco. On Thursday, the Spanish Foreign minister told the National Radio of Spain (RNE). Arancha González Laya explained that unlike her previous declaration, the meeting may not take place in March as predicted. «We are working on setting an exact date», she said, recalling the postponement of the summit, initially scheduled for December 17,
Algeria is once again using the resumption of diplomatic ties with Israel to criticize Morocco. «The dangers of normalization between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Zionist entity will certainly affect Morocco», Algerian Communication Minister Amar Belhimer said in an interview. The minister indicated that in Morocco «anyone who rejects its occupation of Western Sahara is seen as hostile to territorial integrity and anyone who supports international legitimacy based on the
The Indian government announced, Thursday, that the first consignments of the Covid-19 vaccine are to be shipped to Morocco and Brazil on Friday. The two countries will be getting the commercial contracted supplies of 2 million doses each with flights leaving at 4.15 am India Standard Time (IST) and 8 am IST on Friday, DNA India reported. «Supply of commercially contracted quantities will also commence from tomorrow, starting with Brazil and Morocco, followed by South
1,164 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 463,706. 1,346 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 439,301. 33 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,076. 7 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 7 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 4 in
Morocco and Israel signed an aviation agreement, Thursday, to establish direct flights launch between the two countries, Ynet News. The signing of this agreement comes as Israel signed a similar agreement with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. «The agreement will allow direct flights between Israel and all international airports in Morocco. The agreement will also allow 10 direct weekly cargo flights to each country», the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote on Facebook. In