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Significance
Elsewhere in North Africa, progress has been much slower, with Egypt, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia all facing delays in securing sufficient supplies of vaccines.
Impacts
The vaccination success in Morocco will have a positive impact on the economy, in particular through allowing for a reboot of tourism.
Various Moroccan parties will seek to benefit from the handling of the pandemic ahead of general and municipal elections later this year.
In Algeria and Tunisia, the struggle to procure vaccines will aggravate political tensions, amid formidable challenges for the economy.
Delivery of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine has been patchy, raising fresh questions about relying on China as an economic partner.
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