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Prime Minister Aldabiba defends his government’s record in the fight against the Coronavirus

bySami Zaptia
August 31, 2021
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By Sami Zaptia.

Prime Minister Aldabaiba defended his government’s record in fighting the Coronavirus during his Friday address to the country  (Photo: GNU).

London, 31 August 2021:

Defending his government’s record on Coronavirus during his hour-long address to the nation last Friday, Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba said that the aim was to vaccinate 5 million people in Libya in the short term.

He confirmed the published figures by saying that so far over 3 million vaccines had arrived in Libya. He also revealed that another 3 million vaccines were expected to arrive soon.

The Prime Minister also reiterated his governments previous threat to make vaccination compulsory.

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No business deals

He denied that the import of the anti-Coronavirus vaccines was the subject of business deals and commissions. He said that when he arrived in office there were no vaccines present in Libya and that he and his government went to great lengths to source vaccines from friendly countries.

To accusations that his government had failed in its fight against the pandemic, he said the doubters were those who had failed.

On the medical oxygen supply crisis, he said his government had imported around 17 oxygen plants.

He called on everyone in Libya to get vaccinated explaining that it was the only way to defend against the pandemic.

Libya vaccinates over 1 million people

London, 25 August 2021:

Meanwhile, on 24 August, it will be recalled, Libya’s Ministry of Health announced that over one million people had now been vaccinated against the Coronavirus. The Health Ministry said this had been achieved using over 430 nationwide vaccination centres.

This achievement must, however, be kept in perspective as neighbouring Tunisia had vaccinated this number in days during its recent vaccination drive.

Libya’s latest Coronavirus stats

The latest figures from the country’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) published today report the following:

Total number of people vaccinated with first dose 1,071,946
Total number of people vaccinated with second dose 58,539
Total number of Coronavirus cases 308,972
Total number of recovered cases 220,468
Total number of active cases 84,257
Total number of deaths 4,247
Total number of tests conducted over last 24 hours 5,760
Rate of infection 26.0 percent

 

The vaccination drive launched by the government has continued.

14 shipments of 3.6 million doses arrived

Moreover, as the Prime Minister said, on 17 August, the fourteenth consignment of anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrived in Libya. It brings the total number of the four brands (Sputnik V, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer and Sinovac/pharm) received in Libya to 3,638,652 doses.

12 million ordered for 6.9 million population.

It will be recalled that the Libyan government had announced earlier that it had ordered a total of 12 million doses for its official population of 6.9 million people. The vaccine has been available to non-national residents and illegal migrants too.

Tunisia keeps borders closed

However, there is some tension between Libya and Tunisia as Tunisia has refused to reopen its borders and resume flights on 19 August after Libya had, apparently, closed and tried to reopen them unilaterally.

Libyans were irked when the Tunisian authorities refused to let ambulances queuing up its border crossing from entering.

Tunisia is saying its decision is based on medical grounds, Libyan social media have depicted it as a tit-for-tat reaction.

A ministerial delegation visited Tunisia this weekend, but the border has remained closed.

 

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LISCO ramps up oxygen production to meet Coronavirus crisis demand | (libyaherald.com)

Libya supports Tunisia through its Covid-19 spike with 12,000 litres of medical oxygen | (libyaherald.com)

Egypt agrees to supply Libyan Health Ministry with training, personnel and oxygen – to treat Libyans in Egypt on same basis as locals | (libyaherald.com)

LISCO signs agreement with Turkish company IROMET to develop its oxygen plant | (libyaherald.com)

Consignment of 500,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines arrive in Tripoli | (libyaherald.com)

 

 

 
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