Items filtered by date: August 2021
Timor-Leste to Introduce COVID-19 Vaccine ID to Stem Vaccine Document Forgeries
DILI: Timor-Leste is set to introduce COVID-19 vaccine identification after a surge in suspected forged vaccination documents being used nationwide.
Timor-Leste Ramps Up COVID-19 Fight, Applies Two More Sanitary Fences, First Pfizer Vaccines secured
DILI: Timor-Leste on Wednesday approved two more sanitary fences in the Oecusse enclave, while the Minster of Health confirmed the country’s first shipment of Pfizer vaccines as Timor-Leste works to control the spread of coronavirus.
Health Workers Must Be Protected from Assaults during Coronavirus Pandemic, Says Odete
DILI: The public must support health workers from attacks and harassment compounding the already heavy toll they are paying in the pandemic, the Minister of Health Odete Maria Freitas Belo said on Monday, following the assault of the health director of Ermera Municipal Authority by a patient’s family on Sunday.
Ermera Under Lockdown Becomes Timor-Leste’s New COVID-19 Hotspot
DILI: The Ermera municipality has become Timor-Leste’s new COVID-19 hotspot after more than two thirds of new COVID-19 cases last week were reported in people living there.