As the Eid al-Adha festival approaches, the Libyans have been struggling to make ends meet against the COVID-19 pandemic and the high cost of living.
Eid al-Adha, known as the Festival of the Sacrifice, is one of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide every year. According to Islamic teachings, Muslim families should buy a sheep, goat, or cow as a sacrifice in the early morning of Eid al-Adha and distribute its meat to the poor as a charity gift.
The Libyan government has attempted to control the high prices of sheep by importing more than 300,000 livestock over the past few weeks and giving away more than 50,000 sheep to low-income families.
A few days ago, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah imposed new precautionary measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, as the North African country has been recording an increasing number of cases lately.
Libya has recorded a total of 217,434 COVID-19 cases so far, including 182,785 recoveries and 3,253 deaths.
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