The municipality of Misrata has urged residents to stick to obligatory mask-wearing measures outdoors, and to give celebratory words of weddings and condolences of funerals only on the phone, as well as to abide by social distancing rules to limit the spread of Coronavirus.
"No shops, organizations or any kind of local or international entities are allowed to deal with customers in Misrata without wearing masks. All security and control personnel will be monitoring the implementation of these precautions against Coronavirus. Anyone violating these rules will be subject to fines and other measures within the municipality." It said.
In Gharyan, the same measures were announced by the emergency committee to fight Coronavirus, which said the pandemic situation was going from bad to worse due to the carelessness of the people, adding that it had warned many times that people needed to be careful so the virus wouldn't spread to elders.
"There are no advanced ventilators in Gharyan quarantine center and the Coronavirus PCR devices haven't been working for a while. We asked for backup from the GNA." The committee said.
The Libyan National Center for Disease Control announced the highest COVID-19 cases' number in southwest areas since last May 26, as it registered 52 cases on Monday, adding that 167 samples were tested Sunday. Now, the region has 979 positive cases.
