Rabat - Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection on Wednesday launched an extensive national campaign to strengthen vaccination against measles, part of its proactive policy aimed at limiting the spread of epidemics and strengthening response. This initiative aims to restore child vaccination to levels observed before the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a drop in vaccination coverage rates in most regions and provinces of the Kingdom, the ministry pointed out in a press release. The ministry strongly encourages all families to promptly review their children's medical records in health centers and private practices to ensure the administration of the required doses for measles (at the ages of nine and eighteen months), the same source noted, stressing the need to administer two doses of vaccine to children not yet vaccinated while supplementing the doses for those who have received only one dose. As part of its communication strategy aimed at monitoring the epidemiological evolution of measles and its continued efforts to contain the spread of epidemiological diseases and protect public health, the ministry announces that it has monitored the emergence of new cases of measles in Morocco suggesting a more widespread expansion of the virus, the same source said. Emphasizing the importance of this campaign as a preventive measure aimed at protecting citizens and society from the risk of measles, the ministry encourages all parties concerned to actively participate in this operation and visit health centers to receive the vaccine free of charge, the same source noted. Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse Tripoli: A fire broke out in the fodder stores located on the Maslata-Al-Jahawat road in the city of Al-Khoms, in the early hours of today, Wednesday. The Ambulance and Emergency Service said on its Facebook page that the fire did not result in any injuries. The agency indicated that it sent emergency teams to the place, after receiving a report from its branch in Al-Khoms, in conjunction with the efforts of the fire brigades to control the fire. Source: Libyan News Agency The General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) announced, in its statement ,on Wednesday 20/3/2024 that it had signed a contract to establish a vocational training center in cooperation with the Chinese government, represented by the General Authority for International Economic Cooperation Affairs at the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. Following the signing, the initial designs and construction drawings will be finalized in preparation for the start of construction. The area of the training center to be established is 40,000 square meters, while the cost of establishing the center is about 128 million Chinese Yuan as a grant provided by the Chinese government under the cooperation agreement signed between the two countries at a previous stage. SCZone Chairman Walid Gamal el-Din stated that the training complex consists of a training center equipped with the latest technology laboratories for various industries, most notably the energy, automotive, robotics, electronics and communications tech nology industries, as well as language education. The center features an exercise simulation with an interactive system between the trainee and the trainer. It also contains a residential complex for trainees, sports and recreational facilities, which aims to train and qualify workers, enhance their skills and prepare them for the labor market. Source: State Information Service Egypt
