(ANSAmed) - ROME, APRIL 3 - UNHCR on Friday warned of a
possible ''humanitarian catastrophe'' in Libya due to worsening
fighting a year after the launch of General Khalifa Haftar's
military operation against Tripoli and due to the risk of
COVID-19 spreading throughout the country.
''More than 300 civilians have been killed and 150,000 others
displaced from their homes since last April. Despite the
tentative agreement on a humanitarian truce, fighting escalated
significantly in the past week. The deteriorating security has
also undermined the ability of the tens of thousands of formerly
displaced persons to safely return to their areas of origin,'' a
statement said.
Meanwhile, the authorities have now confirmed ten cases of
COVID-19 and one death in Libya, raising new fears about the
ability of the country's weakened health services to respond.
The head of the UNHCR mission in Libya, Jean-Paul Cavalieri, warned of a possible humanitarian catastrophe if the virus was not contained.(ANSAmed).
The head of the UNHCR mission in Libya, Jean-Paul Cavalieri, warned of a possible humanitarian catastrophe if the virus was not contained.(ANSAmed).
