A New Sinopharm Batch Arriving In Morocco Today
A new shipment of the anti Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Mohammed V International Airport, today morning, May 10th.
According to reliable sources, the new shipment amounts to 580,000 doses of the “Sinopharm” vaccine, in addition to the previous quantities obtained by Morocco. An additional shipment is expected to arrive at Mohammed V airport today afternoon.
Two “Dreamliner” aircrafts belonging to Royal Air Maroc took off to the Chinese capital, Beijing, and will carry to Morocco a shipment containing two million doses of the “Sinopharm” vaccine, which is expected to arrive in Morocco this week.
On the other hand, Morocco is expected to receive a new batch of the “AstraZeneca” vaccine, consisting of 657,000 doses, registered under the World Health Organization’s Covax program.
These two shipments of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm vaccines come within the framework the Ministry’s plan to expand the target group for the national vaccination campaign, as it will include, starting from Saturday 8th May 2021, people aged 50 to 55.