UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today welcomed the initiative of the Libyan government to vaccinate refugees and asylum-seekers against COVID-19, together with other third country nationals.

The Government of National Unity (GNU) has imposed a partial lockdown for a period of two weeks in the cities of the central region, Greater Tripoli, the cities of the West Coast, and the cities of the Nafousa Mountain, starting from Tuesday, from 6:00 pm until 6:00 am.

The Government of National Unity’s Ministry of Health said today that the country is in a state of health emergency and warned of specific measures to penalize anyone who aids in the spread of the virus.

Dr Ali Al-Zanati, Minister of Health in the Government of National Unity, affirmed that the country’s epidemiological status is comforting and that, in comparison to neighbouring nations, Libya is regarded a safe zone.

Due to the prevalence of the Indian/Delta Coronavirus variant in Tunisia and ‘‘the announcement by the Tunisian Ministry of Health of the collapse of the health system’’ in Tunisia, the Libyan government announced yesterday that it is closing its borders with its neighbour for a week starting from midnight last …

Two members’ positive COVID-19 results delayed convening the third meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Geneva on Wednesday, media outlets reported, citing LPDF members on the scene.

The head of the Libyan Audit Bureau Khaled Shakshak met yesterday with several stakeholders at his office to review the results of the trial launch of the pilot system for inspecting local and overseas state medical bills. The system covers both civilian patients and patients wounded in fighting.

The General Syndicate of Libyan Doctors said its partial strike will be escalated to a total strike across all health facilities in Libya from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm from June 13 to June 20 – a full week – except for emergency and ambulance sections that receive several emergency …

While COVID-19 was the leading cause of increased anxiety, vulnerability, and psychological stress in 2020 globally, the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report on Libya notes that mental health services in Libya are essentially non-existent.

More than half of Libya’s health care facilities that were functioning in 2019 were forced to close in 2020, the WHO 2020 Libya report published today said.