COVID-19 pandemic in Libya
| COVID-19 pandemic in Libya | ||||||||
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 Map of districts in Libya with number of confirmed cases (as of 01 May 2020)
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| Disease | COVID-19 | |||||||
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 | |||||||
| Location | Libya | |||||||
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China | |||||||
| Index case | Tripoli | |||||||
| Arrival date | 24 March 2020 (6 years, 3 months and 5 days) | |||||||
| Confirmed cases | 64[1] | |||||||
| Recovered | 28[1] | |||||||
Deaths | 3[1] | |||||||
| Government website | ||||||||
| covid19.ly | ||||||||
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Libya on 24 March 2020, when the first case was officially confirmed in Tripoli.
Cases
On 24 March, Libya confirmed its first COVID-19 case,[2] a 73-year-old man who had returned to the country in early March from a trip to Saudi Arabia.
On 2 April, Libya confirmed its first COVID-19 death. It was an 85-year-old Algerian woman.
Weakness
Libya was seen as weak during the pandemic due to the effects from the ongoing Libyan Civil War, which has led to a horrible humanitarian situation and a destroyed national healthcare system.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "متابعة فايروس كورونا في ليبيا". covid19.ly (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ↑ "Libya confirms first coronavirus case amid fear over readiness". Reuters. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ UN condemns rocket attack on Tripoli hospital, Al Jazeera (April 7, 2020).