The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recommended reinforcing precautionary measures of wearing masks in public places and physical distancing in the Tripoli area.

In its weekly report, the NCDC called for quickly raising the number of daily PCR tests for COVID-19 by including the various tests conducted in public as well as private sectors, to raise the center's ability to detect cases.

The Center urged to raise the efficiency of the monitoring and rapid response teams and the pandemic information management team in order to provide epidemiological information on a daily and continuous basis.