Commander of the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) Commissioner Faustino da Costa on Monday said “several people” were under police watch for failing to adhere to movement restrictions.

“We are concerned about the movement of people on the streets of Dili after the state of emergency was enacted this weekend. Despite the reduction in the number of vehicles circulating in the capital, road traffic remains normal,” Faustino told media.

Under the decree people are being asked to restrict movement to essential purposes such as buying food and medicine.   

Timor-Leste’s borders, schools, communal public transport and places of worship are closed.

Faustino said officers were making routine checks of businesses across Dili to ensure staff were wearing masks and were hygiene complicit.

The warning comes as the country’s single coronavirus patient has fully recovered one week after being tested positive.

So far Timor-Leste has around 800 people in self-quarantine, with another 215 people who have recently entered into the country completed their 14 days of enforced quarantine.