(JUST IN): Libya Records First Coronavirus Case

Libya has just reported its first-ever case of the deadly COVID-19, a specific wellspring of worry in the North African nation where common war has destabilized everything since the demise of Colonel Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi.

Libya has been buried in shambles since 2011 saw the oust of long-lasting Col. Gaddafi and is partitioned between the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNA) and powers faithful to eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

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The Health Minister of the UN-recognised GNA late Tuesday reported “the first contamination with the coronavirus in Libya,” without giving any further 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.