Libyan schools in areas controlled by both the Tripoli government and a rival administration in Benghazi will close for two weeks, both have announced.

The Ministry of Education announced that it suspended classes at all levels of education, for a period of two weeks from Sunday, March 15, as a measure of prevention against the Coronavirus due to its detection in neighboring countries.

The Minister of Education, Mohamed Amari, said that the precaution comes after meetings with the Minister for Health, he also called on parents, teachers and staff to take the necessary preventative and detection measures to assist in advising students of the dangers of mingling and the possible infection in public places.

Libya has not yet confirmed any cases of the coronavirus but the head of its disease control center said on Thursday that the country lacked adequate isolation facilities.