Morocco announced plans to locally produce Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Morocco on Monday announced plans to locally produce Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, adding that five million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses could soon be produced per month.
Citing a report from state news agency MAP, Reuters reported that Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema (Société Thérapeutique Marocaine) will soon start production of five million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses per month in the North African country.
The said announcement was made at a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI during which the Moroccan government, Sothema, and Sinopharm also signed deals to produce the COVID-19 vaccine in Morocco, which had a population of about 36 million.
Based on a report on MAP, the said project will involve an investment of around USD 500 million. However, the said report didn’t say when production will start.
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The Moroccan government also signed an agreement with Sweden’s Recipharm to set up a plant in Morocco in order to produce other key vaccines.
Morocco, which rolled out a COVID-19 vaccination campaign last January, had vaccinated more people against the coronavirus disease than other African countries as it had administered 19.23 million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines as of July 5, 2021.
The country had received 20.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses so far and planned to vaccinate everyone over the age of 17. Morocco had registered 534,550 coronavirus infections and 9,319 deaths due to COVID-19.
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