Items filtered by date: October 2021

DILI: People vaccinated against COVID-19 are highly unlikely to die of the disease unless very old and already badly ill before getting it, a study in Italy reported in Reuters showed on Wednesday.

DILI: World Vision said on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic could push thousands of Timorese families into poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than 10 years of progress in poverty reduction.

DILI: A senior church official has welcomed attempts by Timor-Leste’s government to vaccinate a hesitant population against COVID-19, saying a touted Pope Francis visit to the country next year depends on it.

DILI: More than 17 per cent of Timor-Leste’s adult population living in regional areas received a vaccine against COVID-19 during the past two weeks, authorities said, as they step up inoculation drive in hope of achieving 80% fully vaccinated level by year-end.

DILI: Timorese police will help to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Baucau orientating unvaccinated people wanting to enter the municipality to vaccine centres, police said on Thursday, as the region becomes the country’s new COVID-19 hotspot.

DILI: The government of Timor-Leste said on Monday the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations had increased in regional areas as first-dose coverage neared 50% and urged the unvaccinated to get shots to prevent illness.

DILI: Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak discussed efforts to ensure COVID-19 vaccine availability to all municipalities in Timor-Leste in a meeting with the President of the Republic Francisco ‘Lu-Olo’ Guterres on Thursday, Ruak told reporters in Dili.