In a statement on Wednesday, Sabha municipality announced a 24–hour curfew applying to all citizens starting from Thursday, May 28, and lasting for 7 days as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

As stated by the National Center for Disease Control, the total number of infected people with the coronavirus in the country has reached 99 cases, as 40 patients recovered and four died.

Recently, after the Libyan authorities required the new regulations on all borders as a preventative measure in combating coronavirus, Libyan citizens who are held in quarantine abroad started to arrive in the country earlier this month.