Items filtered by date: April 2021

DILI: Timor-Leste on Thursday re-imposed mandatory confinement in Dili for two more weeks to May 13 as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pick-up in community transmission.

DILI: Former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos Horta has urged Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak to include influential leaders such as Xanana Gusmao and church heads in COVID-19 prevention work, amid the country’s growing surge in coronavirus infections.

DILI: Timor-Leste confirmed its third death from COVID-19, the government announced Thursday, adding that the 61 year-old victim had various comorbidities.

DILI: Climate change has contributed to extreme weather conditions that triggered the worst flooding in the Timor-Leste capital and nearby districts in 40 years, Oxfam Timor-Leste’s Associate Country Director Annie Sloman said on Monday.

DILI: Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak had Timor-Leste’s first COVID-19 shot on Wednesday, part of a bid to boost public confidence as the country seeks to inoculate its population. 

Dili: Timor-Leste confirmed its first death from COVID-19, the government said, adding the 44 year-old female victim had various comorbidities.