Libya has registered six new Coronavirus cases, bringing the number to 17 in total, according to the Libyan National Center for Disease Control. The six cases came after the center had tested 20 new samples, 14 of which tested negative for COVID-19.
Libya recorded late on Thursday the first deat case of Coronavirus for an Algerian 85-year-old woman who is married to a Libyan national and living in Tripoli.
According to the National Center, no recoveries have been announced yet, although the first Coronavirus case in Libya has tested negative in the latest lab tests.
Also, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
‘The worst is yet to come,’ Guterres said, referring to countries beset with fighting like Syria, Libya and Yemen.
‘The COVID-19 storm is now coming to all these theatres of conflict.’‘The need is urgent,’ Guterres said at a UN press conference.
‘The virus has shown how swiftly it can move across borders, devastate countries and upend lives.’
He said that parties to the conflict in a number of countries, including Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen, have expressed support for his call.
‘But there is a huge distance between declarations and deeds — between translating words into peace on the ground and in the lives of people,’ Guterres said.
‘In many of the most critical situations, we have seen no let-up in fighting — and some conflicts have even intensified.’
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