First meeting

THE U.N. Security Council will hold its first meeting on the coronavirus pandemic tomorrow, after weeks of divisions among its five permanent members, diplomats said Monday.

Last week, nine of the 10 nonpermanent members formally requested a meeting featuring a presentation by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The meeting is to be held behind closed doors at 3 p.m. tomorrow, a diplomat said on condition of anonymity.

First recovery

THE National Center for Disease Control of Libya’s UN-backed government on Monday announced the first COVID-19 recovery case in the country.

“We officially announce recovery of the first case of the new coronavirus after two samples tested negative at the laboratory,” Badr Addin Al-Najjar, director of the center, told a press conference. “Social separation and commitment to home quarantine are the first steps in reducing the spread of the virus.”