COVID-19 vaccine: Morocco to kick off mass vaccination plan with Chinese drug

Critics in Morocco have also expressed concerns that citizens might be forced to take the vaccine, but the health minister insisted that COVID-19 vaccinations will not be mandatory but will be free. Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani has sought to reassure the vaccine-hesitant about the robustness of the countryࢀ™s regulatory process for vaccine approval, saying that no corners have been cut in making sure the drug is safe to administer. Moroccoࢀ™s mass immunization operation will include 2,888 vaccination stations and the deployment of mobile units to vaccinate people at factories, offices, campuses and prisons. The health ministry said it would…