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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Monday that 1,894 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 26 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 23 people died of the virus, while 730 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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279 migrants were intercepted off Libya’s coast on Monday night by the Tripoli-based Coast Guard before they were brought back to the country, the U.N. Refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

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The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on Monday the seizure of a quantity of weapons smuggled to Mali and Niger.
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Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, discussed on Monday with Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Jan Kubis, the latest developments in Libya, especially with regard to national reconciliation, and overcoming difficulties to hold December elections on time.
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Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, briefed U.S. Envoy and Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, in Tunis on Monday, on Algeria’s plans to host foreign ministers from neighboring countries in support of Libya’s elections and efforts to stop the spread of violence emanating from Libya’s south, said U.S. Embassy in Libya.
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Italy delivered to Libya the first batch of medical equipment for local hospitals in Surman and Sabratha in the Northwest and Murzuq in the Southwest, in addition to a 500-kilowatt power generator to Ibn Sina Hospital in Sirte in the Mid-North to support the urgent needs of the people.
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Nearly one million Libyans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine with a weekly vaccination pace of 100,000 people per week, the UNICEF announced on Monday.

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There is a connection between religious extremists based in Libya and those in Tunisia with the latter receiving training inside Libyan territories, said Ahmed Al-Mesmari, the spokesman of the Libyan National Army (LNA).

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A Libyan member of parliament has expressed doubt over whether Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his cabinet would attend the upcoming parliamentary questioning. 

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1,625 new people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 23 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 25 people died of the virus, while 1,270 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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