UN urges Libya to focus on coronavirus after first death

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TRIPOLI - The United Nations warned Friday that health services in conflict-plagued Libya were already fragile as the North African country recorded its first death from the novel coronavirus. That warning came as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to focus on combating the coronavirus pandemic. Health authorities in Libya said an 85-year-old woman was confirmed to have had COVID-19 on examination after her death, without giving further...

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