Today, at 6.00 PM, Tajoura municipality in eastern Tripoli will impose a complete lockdown and curfew within its administrative borders as a preventive measure against Coronavirus outbreak in Libya.

The municipality claimed that all shops and businesses will be closed, However, pharmacies, medical laboratories, clinics, hospitals, security, police and military apparatuses, as well as energy services will are excluded from this call.

According to the municipality’s statement issued yesterday, if any person had to enter Tajoura for urgent matters, they should contact the emergency committee to check their medical status and be allowed to enter if they were healthy and pose no threat to the community.

Nevertheless, the municipality urged citizens to buy their necessary goods and commodities before the lockdown starts, stressing that if anyone violates the lockdown regulations and curfew hours, he will pay 3000 LYD as a  fine.