A total of 4,302,183 people received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said in its daily bulletin on Saturday, specifying that 3,332,292 people were administered the second of the vaccine.
The vaccination campaign, launched on January 28, is a free operation for all citizens with the objective of immunizing 80% of the population, reducing and then eliminating cases of contamination and death due to the epidemic and to contain the spread of the virus.
Priority is given to front-line personnel, in this case, public authorities, armed forces, health professionals, teachers and the elderly, vulnerable to the virus, before extending it to the rest. Population.
This Saturday, the Kingdom recorded 491 new infections in 24 hours, for a total of 494,358 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 8,798 deaths (+5) and 482,084 people cured (+487).
Moroccan head of government Saad Eddine El Otmani has warned citizens of a third wave of the COVID-19 epidemic.
“In recent days, there has been a relatively high number of COVID-19 cases, and the number of severe cases requiring resuscitation has risen to 72 in the past 24 hours, indicating that everyone needs to be careful. so as not to witness a third wave of the virus, “he wrote in a tweet published on his account on Saturday.
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