Category: Covid

The Timorese President said today that it was essential to expand the state of emergency to continue to control the risks of contagion from covid-19 and thus allow the Government to prepare its response system. In a message to the country, Francisco Guterres Lu-Olo, recognized,…

Dili, 27 Apr 2020 (Lusa) – The President of the Timorese Republic today signed the decree for the extension of the state of emergency in Timor-Leste for another 30 days to take effect from 00:00 on Tuesday, in response to the covid -19, the Presidency…

More than 15 tons of equipment and material donated by China to support Timor-Leste in combating covid-19, including 90 portable fans, arrive in Dili today on a flight from Indonesia. The Chinese Embassy in Dili reported that the equipment includes 82,000 masks, 4,400 protective suits…

The term of the state of emergency in Timor-Leste is coming to an end, without the parliament having yet decided on whether or not it intends to extend it. There are 22 cases of Covid-19 in the country. The state of emergency decreed by the…

The Timorese State Council supported today the 30-day extension of the declaration of a state of emergency in Timor-Leste, requested by the Government, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The members of the Superior Council for Defense and Security (CSDS) also gave a favorable opinion…

Timor-Leste’s courts are functioning during a state of emergency, but they only address urgent and urgent matters, with many employees working from home, the President of the Court of Appeal said today. “During the state of emergency, the courts are functioning, albeit to a limited…

East Timorese health officials today announced a new case of covid-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 23 since the outbreak began, including one that has recovered. The spokesman for the Integrated Crisis Management Center (CIGC), Sérgio Lobo, said that…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) today handed over to the Timorese Government a set of medical equipment, including beds, to reinforce health system conditions in response to the covid-19 pandemic, the organization said. The medical material, which will partly be used to reinforce the…

The Timorese Council of Ministers today approved a socio-economic plan with about 20 measures to respond to the negative effects of covid-19 on the national economy, said the executive. “The plan was approved in its entirety and on Wednesday the various diplomas necessary for its…