Timor-Leste confirmed strict home confinement orders for Dili municipality will remain in place until at least 9 September due to a large increase in the number of people infected, hospitalisations, severe cases of the disease and deaths.
During the month of August, the worst since the beginning of the pandemic, Timor-Leste registered 5,784 cases of infection by the new coronavirus and 41 people died from COVID-19.
“Although the Government had previously said that anyone who had full vaccination would be exempt, as the situation worsened the Government had to quickly take this radical measure,” a government statement said.
“To stop the transmission of the virus in our community, safeguard public health and protect the most vulnerable, it is essential that the entire population of the Municipality of Dili, including those who have already completed vaccination, comply with home confinement and adopt all preventive measures of COVID-19.” 
Health authorities said the new measure was needed to stop vaccinated people infecting others with the virus.
As of Tuesday, 52per cent of adults in Timor-Leste have had their first COVID-19 vaccine, according to official data.