The Tripoli-headquartered National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced late last night two new Coronavirus cases in Libya, including the first in Benghazi.
The Ministry of Justice of the UN-backed Libyan government said on Monday that a total of 1,347 prisoners have been released so far over the fears about the spread of COVID-19.
The Man-made River Authority (MMRA) said Monday, that water supplies have been cut off to a number of cities in the western region after gunmen stormed the Shwerif site and forced workers to close the valves.
The crisis and emergency committee of the Ministry of Health called on Monday on all local and international humanitarian institutions to take urgent action and stop attacks on health facilities, the last of which was Al-Khadhra Hospital.
The United Nations has condemned the shelling of a hospital in Tripoli, calling it a “clear violation of international law” as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
The only NGO running migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean amid the coronavirus pandemic was striving to find a safe port on Tuesday after it saved 150 people off the Libyan coast.
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