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Dili, 22 sea 2021 (Lusa) – Timorese authorities have recorded nine new cases of covid-19 and four recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing to 211 the total active cases in the country , most asymptomatic and the remaining slightest.
Team coordinator for the prevention and mitigation of covid-19 of the Situation Room of the Integrated Center for Crisis Management (IGC), Rui Araújo, explained that in the last 24 hours a case has been detected in a municipality not yet affected Lautem on the east end
New cases include four in Dili and four in Viqueque.
′′ The case of Lautem was from a person travelling from Dili on March 18, with permission given by the IGC for humanitarian reasons. He is a UNITAL student who traveled to the village of Reisoru (Lospalos Vila) “, he explained.
Rui Araújo said that only from March 19, the rule has begun to implement that anyone who intends to travel outside the Dili health fence will not only have to fulfil the requirements laid down in the exceptions, but also submit a negative covid test – 19.
′′ Despite this, for people who traveled before then, healthcare teams in municipalities were always alerted in advance to be able to monitor who travelled “, he said.
Still, Rui Araújo repeated the appeal ′′ to those who traveled from Dili between March 05 and 09 to report to health officials in the places where they are “, asking the whole population to have any symptoms to go to health centers.
Since March 07, 183 cases have been detected in Dili, with 35 outbreaks of the disease, of which 14 outbreaks haven’t recorded any new case in a week.
The IGC spokesperson explained that in the last 24 hours the National Lab has processed 656 tests, currently having an increased analysis capacity reaching a thousand tests per day.
Between March 19 and March 22, the National Lab ′′ tested 420 people who had special permission to leave Dili “.
This ‘ exceptional authorization must meet the criteria set out in the Government resolution. There is no payment for obtaining that authorization, which can only be given by the IGC “, said.
Rui Araújo also referred to the case of a presently positive patient who suffered, prior to infection, from chronic renal failure.
′′ Today received hemodialysis at Guido Valadares National Hospital (HNGV). His situation is stable and recovering “, he explained.
Currently. Besides the capital, there are still positive cases in the municipalities of Baucau, Covalima, Lautem and Viqueque, and also in the enclave of Oecusse.
East Timor is experiencing its worst situation in the entire pandemic, with four health fences in place and three municipalities with mandatory confinement, including the capital, Dili.
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