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DILIL, 12 May 2020 (TATOLI) – The Ministry of Public Works will fast-track the rehabilitation of the old Lahane Hospital, transforming it into an isolation site for the most

DILI, 15 April 2020 (TATOLI) – The number of Covid-19 cases in Timor-Leste has risen to eight, with two more students recently returned from Indonesia testing positive, authorities confirmed. Spokesman

DILI, 07 April 2020 (TATOLI)– Timor’s only confirmed Covid-19 patient is continuing to recover from the illness, according to the head of the Centre of Integrated Crisis Management (CIGC)

DILI, March 25, 2020 (TATOLI) – Residents living in quarantine at the Hotel Novo Horizonte, in Dili, say they’re worried the sleeping quarters – up to three people per room

DILI, 24 March 2020 (TATOLI) – The office of President Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo said he is ready to sign a state of emergency declaration to grant the government sweeping new

DILI, 24 March 2020 (TATOLI) – China’s Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Jianguo, said the country is ready to support Timor-Leste with drugs and medical supplies to help in the fight

DILI, 24 March 2020 (TATOLI) – Timor’s Council of Ministers has sent a state of emergency declaration request to President Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo, which would grant sweeping powers to

DILI, March 23, 2020 (TATOLI) – Students have been told to stay home from the nation’s schools all week as authorities attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19. On Saturday,

DILI, 22 March, 2020 (TATOLI) – Timor-Leste’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first positive Covid-19 case, after test results arrived back from Australia. Vice-Minister of Health, Elia dos

DILI, 20 March 2020 (TATOLI)- A Timorese judge, recently returned from Portugal, has been tested for Covid-19 after presenting to clinicians in Baucau with flu-like symptoms, health authorities said yesterday.