DILI – Timorese officials moved to calm public fears on Friday after confirming a woman in Bobonaro had died after a receiving a COVID-19 vaccine last week.

DILI: Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 taskforce urged the government on Thursday to close the country’s land and sea borders  for two weeks in response to a surge in COVID-19 Delta Virus cases in neighbouring countries.

DILI: Civil Society leaders and former Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta have expressed their dismay at Timor-Leste’s decision to abstain from voting on the United Nation's resolution against Myanmar's military coup, labelling the move a “vote of shame” and demanding accountability over who made the decision.

DILI: Dili will exit a COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night, government authorities said, although restrictions on travel from the city to municipalities would likely remain for another week.

DILI: Timor-Leste on Wednesday has agreed to maintain its sanitary fences in Dili, Baucau, Bobanaro and Covalima, remove the one in Viqueque, while also strengthening its vaccination campaign against the fast-moving coronavirus.