COVID-19: Timor-Leste Reports 23 Recoveries, No Deaths Featured

By Camilio de Sousa May 13, 2020 1606
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DILI: Timor-Leste reported another COVID-19 recovery on Wednesday, pushing nationwide recoveries to 23.

The country’s total number of infections has remained at 24 for 19 days.

Timor-Leste, like a lot of countries plunged into a state of emergency by the pandemic, is ramping up testing for the coronavirus, in an effort to stave off domestic transmission.

The Integrated Crises Management Centre’s  (CIGC) said its testing program had covered 1120 people since starting in March, with 822 negative results.

CIGC spokesperson, Dr Rui Araujo, said he hoped to be testing more people in municipalities after mobile health teams were dispatched to regional areas early this week.

More than 4.26 million people around the world have been confirmed with the coronavirus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 291,000 have died - 82,000 of them in the United States. Nearly 1.5 million people have recovered. 

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