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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Thursday, August 6, 2020

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC

Covid-19: back-to-school alert: 

Three scenarios under consideration and no decision made with three weeks to go. Theoretically, the month of September was to be devoted to remedial and support activities in order to reinforce the students' achievements and ensure a school year in good conditions. Remedial teaching had become necessary since the last term of the last school year took place practically remotely for all the pupils. A month ago, the Minister of National Education announced during the question-and-answer session that the start of the school year 2020-2021 is scheduled for September 2, 2020...

Covid-19: Infection curve is going through the roof:
Out of 100,000 Moroccans, over 70 are affected by Covid-19. The indicators are in the red. Indeed, the epidemiological situation in Morocco is experiencing a strong increase in the number of cases of people infected with Covid-19. According to the latest 3rd weekly report of the Ministry of Health, the number of individuals infected by Covid-19 shows a total of 25,537 cases as of August 2, 2020, which means that out of 100,000 citizens, 70 people are contaminated...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA
Ministry of Health: Morocco still in the 2nd phase of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak:
Morocco is still in the second stage of propagation of the new coronavirus, as attested by the most recent report of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health said. Thus, according to the latest statistics, Morocco occupies the 60th place worldwide and the sixth on the continental level in terms of number of cases of infection with Covid-19, stressed Tuesday evening the coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Public Health Operations at the Ministry of Health, Mouad Mrabet, in his weekly statement on the epidemiological situation...

CNDH: The effectiveness of rights and freedoms, an essential element in ensuring the right to development:
The National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) has just presented its contribution to the reflection on the new development model, entitled "The Effectiveness of Rights and Freedoms in Morocco: For a New Social Contract." The memorandum presented to the Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) highlights several areas in which human rights and development form the basis for building an integrated development model...


LES INSPIRATIONS ÉCO
Prisons. The staggering numbers in the prison system:
Pre-trial detention is a persistent problem of penal policy. It must be said that it is not only civil society that is sounding the alarm on this thorny issue. The government, through the various ministers who have succeeded one another at the head of the Department of Justice, also recognizes the magnitude of the problem...

Taghazout Bay. Controversy around the Argan Center:
Through a notification sent last July 24 to the Union Targant Taghazout Bay, the Development and Promotion Company of the station of Taghazout (SAPST) has terminated the provision of premises to this group which had decided to install its headquarters and exercise its activity of production of argan oil and derivatives...


LIBÉRATION
Libya is the target of hegemonic madness. Morocco's thoughtful position disturbs more than one side:
For weeks, Morocco has been multiplying initiatives to unblock the political situation in Libya due, in large part, to the interference of foreign, regional, and international powers...

To cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases. Preventive measures in Tangier-Assilah and Fez:
Taking into consideration the increasing number of infections with the new coronavirus (Covid-19) and deaths recorded in recent days, and to preserve the health and integrity of citizens, the government has decided to apply, from Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 8 pm, a series of preventive measures in the prefectures of Tangier-Assilah and Fez...