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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Monday, July 26, 2021

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC
Vaccination coverage: Morocco speeds up the process:
The epidemiological situation in Morocco is becoming more and more alarming. All indicators are skyrocketing: cases of contamination, active cases, deaths, severe or critical cases, occupancy rate of resuscitation beds Covid-19. The country recorded a new peak on Saturday, July 24, with 5,494 new cases. The number of patients admitted to the intensive care unit is increasing daily. Data from the Ministry of Health show 616 cases on Saturday with 135 new patients admitted to intensive care...

The Finance Bill 2022 is the result of the holidays..:
The Finance Bill 2022 (PLF 2022) is now in the works. Indeed, the legislative institution will exceptionally return to work on the future budget. Even if the Finance Bill 2022 will be defended by another government and voted by the future Parliament after the next elections, most of the work will be done by the current government and Parliament. In this sense, a joint meeting will be organised this Wednesday by the two Chambers to follow the main orientations of the PLF 2022...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
Postponement of all activities, festivities and ceremonies planned on the occasion of the Throne Day:
The Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol and Chancellery announced on Saturday the postponement of all activities, festivities and ceremonies planned on the occasion of the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Throne Day, due to the preventive measures imposed by the evolution of the health situation...

Chakib Benmoussa: It is common knowledge that Morocco's successes in Africa do not please everyone:
After the media outing of the head of Moroccan diplomacy, Nasser Bourita, the Moroccan ambassador in Paris, Chakib Benmoussa, returns to the charge to recall the firm position of Morocco denying in block the allegations of espionage peddled by some organizations. In an interview granted to the French media "Le Journal du Dimanche", the diplomat recalled that Morocco denies having acquired the Pegasus system...


LIBÉRATION
Morocco is in court. Enough slander and media trickery! :
Morocco, a state governed by the rule of law, a sovereign country, with the unwavering and unanimous attachment of the Moroccan people, all strata included, to its institutions, particularly the judiciary, the main lever of development and social and human blooming, strongly protests against all allegations undermining the legitimacy of its diplomatic policy but also the reliability of its institutions...

Exponential! The confirmed cases of Covid-19 are heading towards an absolute record:
The scene took place late Saturday afternoon in a popular neighbourhood of Casablanca. One of the few shops open during this holiday season was attacked by at least fifteen people. In single file, men and women of all ages were trying to buy an anti-Covid-19 mask. Far from any shortage or sudden and salutary awareness, this crowd movement is rather the consequence of a police control at the entrance of the district...