Tracking anti-Covid vaccines as scientists race to produce a safe and effective one

Around the world, tens of vaccines against Covid-19 have already reached the final trial stages. Morocco, which wants to start a vaccination campaign in a few weeks, will have a wide choice.

Covid-19 : 5,214 new cases in Morocco, mainly in Casablanca, Salé and Skhirat-Témara

5,214 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 265,165. 3,946 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 216,851. 69 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,425. 14 of these deaths were recorded in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, 13 in the Oriental, 12 in Casablanca-Settat, 8

Covid-19 : An update on Chinese vaccine clinical trials in Morocco and in partner countries

Administered to more than 100,000 people in China, vaccines developed by public entity Sinopharm against Covid-19 are in their final stages of testing. Morocco, which is participating to the process, will launch an expanded vaccination campaign in the coming weeks.

Emmerson to start building its Morocco plant in 2021

Emmerson Plc to start building a $400 million Moroccan potash plant by the end of 2021, the company’s CEO Graham Clarke told Reuters. Production in the Morocco plant is expected to start by 2023. The plant will be Africa’s largest potash project and is expected to be among the world’s lowest capital cost potash projects, the same source added. «With the low capital cost and high margins the company will generate, the payback period is three-five years depending on

Covid-19 : Understanding vaccine efficacy and its action on disease / infection

On Monday, Morocco announced that it would launch a massive Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks. This comes as Pfizer and BioNTech laboratories said that their vaccine has been found to be more than 90% effective. What is vaccine efficacy and how does it act on disease and infection ?

More than 1,600 migrants reach the Canary Islands over the weekend through Atlantic route

More than 1,600 migrants were rescued at sea or reached the Canary Islands over the weekend via the Atlantic route, emergency services told the Associated Press on Sunday. Rescuers near the island of El Hierro recovered the body of one person who died while trying to reach the Spanish archipelago. Another migrant was airlifted by a helicopter to a hospital, the same source added. Reaching the Canary Islands via Morocco has become an important route in 2020 for migrants. Since the beginning of

Quick Covid-19 healers sustain antibody production longer, Harvard study finds

Patients who recovered quickly from Covid-19, showing short-lived symptoms, tend to sustain antibody production for longer periods, when compared to slow healers, a study finds.

Covid-19 : Morocco records highest number of deaths, with 84 passings in 24 hours    

Morocco recorded the highest number of deaths in 24 hours on Monday, bringing the number of people who died from the virus to 4,356. The number of critically ill patients reached 959, 73 of them are on ventilators.

Blockade of Guerguerate : The Polisario and its «army» on alert

After carrying out provocative actions against the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces in Mijek and Guerguerate, the Polisario accuses Morocco and calls for armed mobilization.

Pfizer and BioNTech say their Covid-19 vaccine found to be «90 percent effective»

American and German laboratories Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their Covid-19 vaccine has been found to be more than 90 percent effective. According to AFP, the vaccine’s efficacy was measured by comparing the number of participants infected with the new coronavirus in the group that received the vaccine and in that under placebo, seven days after the second dose and 28 days after the first one, they explained in a joint press release. «More than eight months after the