The Moroccan monarch calls for "comprehensive mobilization" to confront the "Corona" crisis
On Friday, King Mohammed VI of Morocco called for a "comprehensive national mobilization" in the face of the "unprecedented" health crisis and its repercussions on the national economy, stressing the priority of economic recovery to get out of the crisis.
The king said that "facing this unprecedented crisis requires comprehensive national mobilization and the concerted efforts of all to address its challenges," during the opening speech of the autumn session of Parliament.
Unusually, the speech was filmed inside the royal palace to be broadcast at the House of Representatives without the King’s presence, due to the preventive measures against the "Covid-19" epidemic.
On Friday, Morocco recorded a record number of cases of the epidemic, amounting to 3,445 new cases during the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total number of infections since March to more than 146,000, of whom 2530 died, according to the latest official toll.
On Friday, the Moroccan monarch reaffirmed putting "the plan to revive the economy at the forefront of the priorities of this stage", announcing the creation of the Mohammed VI Strategic Investment Fund with a balance of about $ 1.5 billion.
King Mohammed VI also touched on the plan to generalize social protection that he announced earlier, explaining that it aims to "generalize compulsory health coverage at the latest by the end of 2022 for the benefit of 22 million additional beneficiaries", in addition to expanding the benefit from retirement benefits to about five million Moroccans, and compensation Family to about 7 million children.
"This crisis has shown a set of imbalances and deficits," he added, considering that the success of the economic recovery plan and the establishment of a new social contract "requires a real change in mentalities and the level of performance of public institutions."
On Thursday, Morocco extended the health emergency, imposed since March, for another month, until November 10, to address the pandemic.
Follow our latest local and sports news, and the latest political and economic developments via Google news