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Morocco Receives 4 mln Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine from India

An elderly Moroccan woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation center in the city of Sale on January 29, 2021. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
An elderly Moroccan woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation center in the city of Sale on January 29, 2021. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
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Morocco Receives 4 mln Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine from India

An elderly Moroccan woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation center in the city of Sale on January 29, 2021. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
An elderly Moroccan woman receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation center in the city of Sale on January 29, 2021. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Morocco received a second batch of 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Thursday.

The shipment of vaccines, manufactured by India's Serum Institute, arrived on a Royal Air Maroc flight in Casablanca.

“This new batch would enable a steady continuation of Morocco’s national vaccination campaign,” said Said Afif, a member of the health ministry’s scientific committee.

The latest batch of AstraZeneca vaccines follows 2 million doses received last month and 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinopharm.

By Wednesday Morocco had vaccinated 746,116 people and reported 476,689 coronavirus infections and 8,436 deaths.

The country has ordered enough vaccines for 33 million people and aims to inoculate 80% of the population.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against the Houthi militias in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order, and called on Israelis to be steadfast.
"Just as we acted forcefully against the terrorist arms of Iran's axis of evil, so we will act against the Houthis," he said in a video statement a day after a missile fired from Yemen fell in the Tel Aviv area, causing a number of mild injuries.

The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

In a statement, the US military's Central Command said the strikes aimed to "disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden.”

The US military also said it struck multiple Houthi one-way drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea.

Saturday's strike followed a similar attack last week by US aircraft against a command and control facility operated by the Houthis.

On Thursday, Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen and threatened more attacks against the group, which has launched hundreds of missiles at Israel over the past year.