A curfew has been reinstalled in eastern Libya to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Supreme Committee to Combat the Coronavirus Epidemic announced on Monday.

General Abdel Razek Al-Nadhouri, the Libyan National Army’s Chief of Staff and chairman of Coronavirus committee, explained in a statement that the decision comes after new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the west and south of the country, at an accelerated pace during the past days.

The new restrictions takes effect from 7 PM to 6 AM.