The Libyan National Center for Disease Control said Coronavirus started to pose a direct threat to the country, warning of its imminent outbreak in Libya.
In a statement on Tuesday, the center said the COVID-19 virus had been registered in 90 countries, including countries bordering Libya.
Libya Observer reports that the center also called on the concerned authorities to form emergency committees to help Libyans prepare for confronting the virus if it broke out in Libya, saying it will take all necessary measures to provide the needed support for all related authorities to coordinate efforts against the outbreak of Coronavirus across Libya.
“The response plan of the Health Ministry should be implemented to the fullest to confront the virus. We should have quarantines across the country and areas special to the cases that are in the prc3sss of diagnosis for possible contraction of the virus.” The center added.
It also called for providing medics and paramedics with the necessary equipment and preventive materials, in addition to supplying the rapid response teams with all the needed equipment and allocating an emergency budget for all of those medical precautions.
The center said it was forming a steering committee and branch technical teams to follow up on the procedures aimed to counter the possible outbreak of Coronavirus in Libya in all borders.
Via Libya Observer
