WAR-TORN LIBYA REPORTS FIRST CASE

TRIPOLI: Libya has reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, a particular source of concern in the North African country where civil war has badly degraded the public healthcare system. The health minister of the UN-recognised GNA on Tuesday reported “a first contamination with the coronavirus in Libya”, without giving details of the case. “The necessary measures have been taken to treat” the patient, the minister, Ehmed Ben Omar, said in a brief online statement. Badreddine al-Najar, director of the National Centre for Disease Control, said the patient had returned from Saudi Arabia via Tunisia a week ago. – AFP