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APA-Rabat (Morocco) Influenza A/H1N1 has five dead in Morocco bringing to 12 the number of deaths since November 16 last, according to an assessment made last Monday by the Moroccan authorities.

Declared June 10 last on Moroccans from abroad, the virus has reached the end of October since a proportion pandemic boosting the number of people suffering from nearly 200 to a total of 2178 cases, said the Moroccan Ministry of Health .

In middle school, 896 students are among the registered cases, dozens of schools have already closed their doors to avoid the worst, is do we.

The country has also killed three of its nationals abroad, women died in childbirth after the virus, two in Spain, third in Canada.

A $ 150 million has been allocated to the response plan.

The vaccination campaign should begin Wednesday in Casablanca, the city, before touching other parts of the country from Thursday, reassured the Ministry of Health.

Morocco would be with 10 million vaccinations, according to several sources, but skepticism remains dominant for the popular support to the immunization campaign which will affect, first and foremost, asthmatics, diabetics and those with d 'chronic lung disease.

The vaccination program on other categories should be launched shortly, says one

A/H1N1 kills three in Morocco, death toll at 33
Rabat - Three new A/H1N1 death cases were reported in the cities of Rabat, Salé and Taroudant, raising the swine flu death toll to 33, Health Ministry said on Thursday in a statement.

Sixty-two new cases were confirmed in Meknes, Rabat, Oujda, Inzegane, Agadir, Marrakech, Fez, Dakhla, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Figuig, Al Hoceima, Salé, Taroudant, Tangier and Khenifra, the same source said.

Since the outbreak of the disease on June 10, the total number of confirmed cases reached 2,671, including 1005 in schools, the source added.

A/H1N1 death toll reaches 60 in Morocco, Health Ministry
Rabat - Morocco on Tuesday reported a new A/H1N1 death case, bringing the nationwide death toll to 60, the Health Ministry said.

The situation of the flu in Morocco has been marked by stability in the number of death cases (60 cases) with a continuous fall in the number of new cases, the ministry said in a statement.

In the last two weeks, health services reported 55 new cases of A/H1N1 virus, but no death case.

In anticipation of the second wave of the pandemic, the statement said health services continue the vaccination campaign, considered a basis to reinforce immunity and protect citizens of the virus.