The number of COVID-19 infections in Libya has risen to 5541, with 4711 active cases.
NCDC also confirmed the recovery of 19 patients, raising the number of recoveries to 710.
The death toll of Covid-19 has risen to 120 after the registration of 7 deaths.
In a statement, the member of the Information Office at the Port of Tripoli, Abdusalam Aldali, told Sada economic newspaper Monday that the tanker Anwar Africa started unloading 34 million liters of gasoline.
The Man-Made River Authority stated that an unknown group attacked well (219) in the western field, causing it to be knocked completely out of service.
It also added that the total number of strikes on wells has reached 149, despite the repeated demands for provision of security and protection for the wells.
The MMRA renewed its stark warning that the continued attacks on the wells would, most certainly impede operations and interfere with the water flow to several regions.
Faysal Al-Wadi regretted that his brothers Musbah Al-Wadi and Nourddin Al-Wadi have been designated as well as sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over smuggling oil, drugs and weapons, stressing that Musbah has nothing to do with that.
Concerning the vessel Maraya, Faysal Al-Wadi explained that he bought it on a payment plan in 2018, then he sold it another company in the same year.
“They left the real criminals and followed us (…) we are suffering a life of misery (…) there is no clean zone in Libya.” he said.
During “Flusna”, a television program broadcasted on WTV channel and Tabadul Platform, Musbah Wadi has denied all the charges put against him by the U.S. Department of the Treasury , among which smuggling fuel from Libya, using Libya as a transit zone to smuggle illicit drugs, in addition to threatening the Stability and Security of Libya.
He has also denied that he posseses wealth and properties as reported. In fact, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said that all property and interests in property of Musbah Wadi must be blocked and reported to OFAC.
“I have nothing,” Wadi stressed, considering that he works as a driver within a company, and lives in a rented house.
“My income is limited, and I don’t even have a bank account.” he added.
As far as the Malta-based company, Alwefaq Ltd, is concerned, Musbah Wadi said that the company was established in 2015 by his brother, even before appointing any government.
“I have been granted humane asylum in Malta, and not political asylum,” he said.
The general exams for the primary and secondary certificates for Libyan students abroad kicked off on Saturday, amid exceptional measures due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The Director of the National Examination Center, Ahmed Masoud, said that all required procedures and virus prevention measures have been put in place, stressing around 1990 Libyan students abroad will sit for the secondary and junior certificate exams this year; 1029 of them will test for the Preparatory Certificate.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Education, 921 students will take their General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams.
The Libyan Ministry of Health of the Government of National Accord (GNA stated that Cessna Citation Excel jet has conducted two flights to Istanbul to bring DNA extraction solutions of Covid-19.
The first flight arrived in Tripoli on Saturday, August 08, carrying the solutions and a polymerase chain reaction machine, while the second flight arrived on Sunday, August 09, carrying another shipment of the solutions.
According to the ministry, the two shipments will be distributed to around 20 labs across the country.
Flights resumed at the Mitiga airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after a 4-month hiatus as part of the country’s efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Air navigation resumed at the airport after months of suspension due to the closure of air, naval and land border to prevent the spread of coronavirus,” airport director Lutfi al-Tabib told Anadolu Agency.
He said a flight operated by the Libyan government-owned Libyan Airlines was the first to take off from the airport to Istanbul.
Al-Tabib said airport authorities have taken all necessary preventive measures against the COVID-19.
“The militarization of oil facilities, the presence of mercenaries as well as the military escalation increase the risks that hydrocarbons and chemicals stored at oil ports pose to workers and local population,” the NOC said in a statement.
“This will also result in the loss of sales opportunities estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars that other oil-producing countries will benefit from. Furthermore, tens of billions will be needed for reconstruction at a time when budgets available are limited.” The NOC added.
The Libyan National Oil Corporation has also warned of the threats posed by oil blockades and the presence of mercenaries as well as the effects of the militarization of oil facilities on workers and local population safety, saying this may lead to a disaster that is more severe than Beirut’s port and a massive destruction that will cause Libya to be out of the oil market for so many years.
The Libyan National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the registration of 200 new infections with Coronavirus pandemic, in addition to one death, and the recovery of 8 patients.
Tripoli registered the highest number of infections with 72 new cases, followed by Misrata with 55 cases, according to NCDC’s daily statement on the epidemiological situation, published on its official Facebook page on Friday.
It is noteworthy that Libya has registered 5079 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4,311 active cases, 660 recoveries, and 108 deaths.
