The Municipal Council of Jadu in the Nafusa Mountains has decided to suspend studies in all educational institutions in the municipality beginning Tuesday, until at least March 18, following a marked increase in the number of new cases of infections with the Coronavirus.

The council said in a statement on its official Facebook page that the suspension of studies was instituted due to instructions received from the head of the Coronavirus control committee and based on a message from the director of the municipality’s isolation center, regarding the sudden expansion of the epidemiological situation.

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