RABAT — Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema will soon start production of 5 million doses a month of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in the North African country, state news agency MAP reported on Monday.
The announcement was made at a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI during which the Moroccan government, Sinopharm and Sothema, whose formal name is Socit Thrapeutique Marocaine, also signed deals to produce the vaccine in Morocco, which has a population of about 36 million.
At the same event, the Moroccan government also signed a deal with Sweden’s Recipharm to set up a plant in Morocco to produce other key vaccines.
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