Oekusipost.com Dili – The interim Health Minister of Timor-Leste, Elia Amaral announce today that had registered a foreigner positive infected with coronavirus 2019 in Timor-Leste.
“We already have one case of coronavirus in Timor-Leste. They are just return from overseas. All of them now in isolation and quarantine,” the interim minister announce in a press conference in her office today.
She added; “The test for their blood were held in Australia and just received the result that there is one positive”.
On March 11, 2020 Timor Bans Travellers Arriving from Covid-19 Hotspots. Foreign citizens who've travelled through Iran, China, Sth Korea and Italy in the last four weeks will be denied entry to TL, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, while those already here with that travel history will be asked to leave.
“The Council of Ministers has also decided to implement a a temporary measure imposting 14 days mandatory quarantine for all foreign citizens who have arrived in…Timor-Leste from the above countries and refuse to travel back to [their] point of origin,” the letter of Timor-Leste’s foreign minister said.
In order to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus to the national territory, the Government approved, through Government Resolution No.10/2020 of March 19, a set of measures of a temporary and extraordinary nature, including the prohibition of entry into national territory, to all foreign citizens who in the last four weeks have departed or transited through countries with registered cases of infection by COVID-19, according to information published and updated daily by the World Health Organization .
This prohibition does not apply to foreign citizens who were born in Timorese territory and who habitually reside here or who are legal representatives of minors of Timorese nationality or third-party nationals residing in Timor-Leste over whom they exercise parental power or ensure their livelihood and education. The Prime Minister, in duly substantiated cases, related to the defense of the national interest or convenience of service, may authorize the entry of foreigners into national territory.
It is also forbidden to disembark cruise ship passengers unless they are Timorese citizens or foreign citizens who are in one of the situations described above.
Under the government resolution approved, it is also prohibited to all human resources of the Direct and Indirect Administration of the State to take service trips outside the national territory.
