DILI, 03 May 2021 (TATOLI)— Timor-Leste on Monday reports 80 new COVID-19 cases and 82 more recoveries, bring the total active infections to 1.255. The Country’s COVID-19 Crisis Center said in a statement.
“The new cases included 75 in capital Dili and five cases in other municipalities the statement said, adding that the cases confirmed today including 40 mele and 40 females,” The Coordinator of the Covid-19 Crisis Center, Rui Maria de Araújo said, in a statement.
Dili National Health Laboratory (LNS) carried out 468 laboratory tests, seven of which were identified through the sentinel surveillance tests, 142 of contact screening, 109 through random screening, 191 were performed through the requests for traveling authorization, 12 from quarantines. While 256 tests were also carried out in the municipalities.
Since the start of the pandemic, the country has officially registered a total of 2.524 confirmed COVID-19 cases with four deaths, the CIGC said.
Timor-Leste began an anti-COVID-19 inoculation drive on April 7. As of Saturday (01/05/021), about 28.678 out of the country’s 1,338,954 population had been vaccinated against the virus, following the report from the Ministry of Health.
At the same time, The CIGC also continue to reiterate its appeal to the entire populations in Dili, Baucau, and Viqueque as well as other municipalities maintain to remain calm and ensure that they comply with covid-19 protocol, by washing their hands with soap, check their temperature and maintain physical distance.
Journalist: Felicidade Ximenes
Editor: Cipriano Colo
