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2,831 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 27 percent of the infection rate, according to a Sunday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said that 35 people died of the virus, while 1,368 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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The western Libya city of Gharyan is witnessing daily increase of COVID-19 cases, beyond its public hospital’s capacity to house more patients, the Gharyan Hospital manager said on Saturday.

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The Government of National Unity is lifting the 24-hour curfew which it had imposed two weeks ago, while maintaining “precautionary and preventive measures”, the government announced on Saturday.

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Malta will send 40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Libya and an unspecified number of test kits, which would arrive to Tripoli on a government-chartered flight, the Maltese press reported on Friday.

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Libyan Health Minister Ali Al-Zanati has called on Libyans to get vaccinated as soon as possible to move the country past the current critical health phase.

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Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush spoke on the phone with her Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, particularly with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Sunday that 2,134 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 30 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 31 people died of the virus, while 967 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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The E.U. Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) has allocated approximately 1.6 million U.S. Dollars for strengthening humanitarian response in Libya’s education and child protection sectors, and COVID-19 vaccination-related medical waste management,” the UNICEF announced on Sunday.

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2,001 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 25 percent of the infection rate, according to a Monday report by the National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC). The center also said that 31 people died of the virus, while 1,103 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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An electricity cut on Saturday evening forced doctors at Belkhather Hospital in Tobruk to conduct caesarean section using phone lights, Mustafa Al-Jahani, a media official at the hospital, told reporters on Sunday.

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