Nearly 95% of the Covid-19 vaccine doses injected in Africa have been administered in Morocco, according to the ministry of Health. Morocco occupies the first rank in Africa in terms of Covid-19 vaccination, said head of the communicable diseases division at the epidemiology and disease control department, Abdelkrim Meziane Belfkih, who presented, Tuesday in Rabat, the ministry's bimonthly report on the epidemiological situation, Six weeks after the launch of the vaccination campaign, Morocco has vaccinated over 4,225,311 people (dose 1) while 1,767,472 people received the second dose, which brings to 5,992,783 the total number of shots injected. «Thus, 1,767,472 Moroccan and foreign citizens were able to complete their vaccination in the best conditions», he explained. Over the past two weeks, a sixth batch of vaccines consisting of 500,000 doses of Chinese vaccine Sinopharm arrived in Morocco, which brings the overall number of doses received to 8.5 million (6 million doses of Sinopharm and 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca). «To preserve these achievements and ensure the acquisition of new doses in the perspective of vaccinating 30 million people, the Ministry of Health has authorized, last week, the emergency use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik», Belfkih stated. Regarding the epidemiological situation, the official stressed that 489,096 positive cases have been recorded in Morocco since the outbreak of the pandemic, an incidence rate of 1,345.3 per 100,000 people. The number of deaths recorded at the national level totaled 8,733, i.e. a fatality rate of about 1.8%, against a global rate of 2.2%. The recovery rate reached 97.3% with 476,126 recoveries. For the first time in fifteen weeks, the number of cases has increased by 5.6%, which calls for greater vigilance, Belfkih underlined. This increase was observed in the regions of Guelmim-Oued Noun (27.3%), Souss-Massa (22.4%), Draâ-Tafilalet (18.8%), Casablanca-Settat (17.3%), the Oriental (15.3%), Marrakech-Safi (14.4%) and Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (5.3%). Five other regions, namely Beni Mellal-Khénifra (-87%), Fez-Meknes (-28%), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (-13.7%), Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (-11.8%) and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (-6.3%), have posted a decline in the number of cases. A significant drop (-26%) was observed in the number of active cases, which fell from 5,734 two weeks ago to 4,237 cases on Monday. Severe or critical cases have slightly increased by 6% in the last two weeks, from 394 to 401 cases, according to the same source. The reproduction rate (R0) of the Covid-19 has increased to stabilize at 1.05 while it was below 1 over the past weeks. Bilan Coronavirus dans le monde 260 064 469 Contaminations 5 182 449 Décès 235 813 303 Guérisons 54% de la population mondiale vaccinée
