Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home
Sep 18 Sami Zaptia

Derna disaster update: Five Greek aid workers die in road accident, Spanish and Maltese teams return home

More than a week after the deadly Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, the Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed today that five members of a G...

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AmCham Libya coordinates dispatching NCDC doctors to CDC in Atlanta
Aug 17 Sami Zaptia

AmCham Libya coordinates dispatching NCDC doctors to CDC in Atlanta

The American Chamber of Commerce Libya (AmCham Libya) has coordinated the dispatch of two doctors from Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NC...

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UNICEF and Ministry of Health deliver Cold Chain and PPE to boost childhood vaccinations in World Immunization Week
Apr 28 Sami Zaptia

UNICEF and Ministry of Health deliver Cold Chain and PPE to boost childhood vaccinations in World Immunization Week

UNICEF, in partnership with the Libyan Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), reports that it has taken another step i...

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Dec 23 Sami Zaptia

More than 1.17 million Pfizer vaccinations arrive from USA

By Sami Zaptia.(NCDC).London, 23 December 2021: A consignment of 1,178,190 anti-Coronavirus Pfizer vaccines donated by the USA arrived at Mitiga airpo...

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Nov 16 Sami Zaptia

Electronic anti-Coronavirus vaccination certificate launched

By Sami Zaptia.(NCDC).Tripoli, 16 November 2021:Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced today that it has launched the Tahseen el...

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NCDC to make vaccines compulsory, to introduce app for certification
Oct 19 Sami Zaptia

NCDC to make vaccines compulsory, to introduce app for certification

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 October 2021:Speaking to Libyan media during a press conference yesterday, the head of the National Centre for Disease Contr...

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Libya vaccinates over one million people
Aug 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya vaccinates over one million people

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 August 2021:The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that over one million people in Libya have now been vaccinated agains...

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LISCO ramps up oxygen production to meet Coronavirus crisis demand
Jul 23 Sami Zaptia

LISCO ramps up oxygen production to meet Coronavirus crisis demand

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 July 2021:The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) assured the Libyan public yesterday that its production of (medical) oxy...

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New consignment of 100,000 Sputnik anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrives in Tripoli
Jun 16 Sami Zaptia

New consignment of 100,000 Sputnik anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrives in Tripoli

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 June 2021:A new consignment of 100,000 Sputnik anti-Coronavirus vaccines arrived at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport yesterday, Liby...

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Feb 26 Sami Zaptia

New ‘‘English’’ Covid-19 variant discovered in Libya, Doctors’ Union call for investigation into delayed arrival of vaccines, Serraj allocates LD 600 million to combatting pandemic

By Sami Zaptia.(NCDC).London, 26 February 2021:Libya’s National Centre for Disease (NCDC) announced Wednesday that it had discovered for the first tim...

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