Highlights:

• August (Weeks 31-34) reported a decrease in case incidence and the lab testing rate compared to July (previous four weeks 27-30).
At the national level, transmission classification for Libya moved to a very high incidence of community transmission (CT4) in week 34, with the circulation of BA.2 and BA.5.2 Variants of Concern (VOC), with a 17.2% weekly test positivity rate, 0.0 new confirmed deaths per 100,000 population per week and 2.4 cases/100,000 population/week. Moreover, Libya had an inadequate testing rate at the national level, with 14 persons tested/100,000 population/per week. (See Table III)

• WHO has provided support to NCDC Tripoli which has now established indigenous capacity for COVID-19 genomic sequencing capacity within Libya.