Morocco has taken a battery of proactive measures to deal with the new Omicron variant "in anticipation of any pandemic relapse", said the coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Operations in Public Health, Mouad El Mourabit.
El Mourabit, who was the guest, Monday evening, of the news bulletin of "M24", the continuous news channel of MAP, said that the emergence of the variant Omicron requires the citizen to adhere more to the efforts made by the Kingdom to protect themselves from the virus, noting that "we must be proud of the achievements of our country, in terms of figures and data, in connection with the Covid-19". He added that the Kingdom has managed, through the proactive measures taken by the authorities, to position itself among the first countries with a developed health system.
He stressed that the Kingdom is not immune to the "worrying" Omicron variant, noting that the objective remains, at present, not to prevent the arrival of this new virus in Morocco, but essentially to delay its appearance especially that its spread has become global.
El Mourabit said that the genomic composition of the virus is characterized by its numerous mutations (more than 50 in total), which makes its spread rapid, pointing out that the majority of physiologists agree on three points about the new variant: the speed of its spread due to its many mutations, the reinfection by the virus, and the great fear as to the degree of effectiveness of vaccines against this variant.
He noted that many countries have announced the discovery of isolated cases and that South Africa and neighboring countries are the most affected states, considering that the worrying fact remains the discovery of cases from other countries that are not African.
In this context, E Mourabit called for the acceleration of the pace of vaccination to be better protected against critical cases, respect for preventive measures such as wearing face mask and for the physical distance, while avoiding unnecessary gatherings and respecting the health protocol.
