Some 3,200 bodies buried so far, many in mass graves outside the devastated city of Derna, with others moved to nearby towns and cities
It added the World Health Organisation has sent 28 tons of medical supplies to the devastated country.
Both are backed by international patrons and armed militias whose influence in the country has ballooned since a Nato-backed Arab Spring uprising toppled autocratic ruler Muammer Gaddafi in 2011. The opposing governments have both deployed humanitarian teams to the port city and other affected areas of the country but had initially struggled to respond to the crisis.
The health minister from Libya’s eastern government, Othman Abduljaleel, said on Sunday that his ministry had begun a vaccination programme “against diseases that usually occur after disasters such as this one”.
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