The Health Minister, Mr. Khaled Ait El-Taleb signed, on September 18, 2020, at the headquarter of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform in Rabat, a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire anti-COVID19 vaccins manufactured by the Company “R-Pharm” with a licensing deal of AstraZeneca.
The
Signature of the MoU, which took place via a videoconference between the two
parties, is part of the efforts of the Kingdom to secure a sufficient supply of
the vaccins.
Attended
this signing ceremony: Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi LAFTIT, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser
BOURITA, Minister of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform, Mohamed
BENCHAABOUN, Minister of Health, Mr. Khalid Ait Taleb, Minister Delegate to the
Minister of the Interior, Noureddine BOUTAYEB, Director-General of R-PHARM,
Vasily IGNATIEV, and the Vice-President of ASTRAZENECA, Alec VAN GELDER.
