DILI: First jabs of Timor-Leste’s second round of COVID-19 vaccinations were given on Monday, a major boost as the country works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

DILI: Cases of Tuberculosis (TB) being treated at the Bairo Pite clinic in Dili have risen to 134 in the past four months with five deaths, Muije Maia Soares, the clinic’s program manager said on Thursday.

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