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Timor-Leste: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Timor-Leste Red Cross (Cruz Vermelha De Timor-Leste, CVTL) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Timor-Leste: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Timor-Leste Red Cross (Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste, CVTL) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Federation-Wide Internal Situation Update for Timor-Leste per 17 July 2020 Reporting period: Week covering 10 – 16 July CVTL personnel elaborating the information on COVID-19 prevention to increase respective community awareness through door to door approach (CVTL/2020) Partners Supporting the Country Movement Partners CVTL is supported by IFRC, ICRC, Australian Red Cross and Singapore Red Cross. Non-Movement Partners Ministry of Health set up inter-ministerial team to respond to the pandemic. Other agencies involved are WHO, IOM, Oxfam, NGO Maluk Timor. Context Global Updates The global daily incidence continues to exhibit an overall increasing trend as confirmed cases have reached almost 4 million globally and almost 600,000 people are known to have died from the virus, while over 8,4 million are known to have recovered. The pandemic has been ongoing for 6 months, and it continues its recent trend of exponential growth, largely driven by major epidemics in the Americas which continues to be heavily impacted accounting for 7,016,851 (52%) of total confirmed COVID-19 cases globally and 132,700 (59%) of newly reported cases.1 Broadly, the Central and South American regions are still major COVID-19 hotspots, including Brazil and Mexico. The region represents 6 of the top 13 countries globally in terms of 1 https://myemail.constantcontact.com/COVID-19-Updates---July-17.html?soid=1107826135286&aid=St1TPvPlHs4 accessed on 17 July daily incidence, including Colombia in 7th, Argentina in 8th, Peru in 9th, and Chile in 13th. Moreover, the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean has surpassed those in the US and Canada, as Latin America and the Caribbean are now reporting over 146,515 cumulative deaths, while the US and Canada are reporting over 144,451 cumulative deaths. Globally, the top countries in terms of total daily incidence are US, Brazil, India, and South Africa. This week, Brazil reported 45,403 new cases and remains rank 2 in terms of daily incidence, following only the US. Meanwhile India reported its highest daily incidence to date with 32,695 new cases and South Africa reported 13,172 new cases with daily incidence steadily increasing throughout the week.2 Restrictions are being re-imposed across Asia-Pacific as cases rise3 Lockdowns and strict social-distancing restrictions are being re-imposed across Asia Pacific, where a growing number of cases is fanning fears of a COVID-19 resurgence in countries that had success at containing the initial outbreak of the virus and now many nations in the region are finding cause to pause the reopening of their economies. Hong Kong is introducing strict new measures to tackle a third wave of COVID- 19 cases; indoor dining in restaurants will be banned from 6:00 PM to 5:00 AM, masks on public transport will be mandatory and public gatherings will drop from 50 people down to 4. The move comes after Hong Kong reported a record number of 41 locally transmitted infections on 13 July. South Australia has cancelled plans to reopen its border to New South Wales and Melbourne is in the second week of a six-week lockdown while in Queensland anyone who has visited two areas in Sydney’s western suburbs must quarantine for two weeks. In India, the tech capital—Bengaluru has begun a week-long lockdown after a surge in cases from 1,000 on 19 June to nearly 20,000. While in the Philippines, parts of Manila will return to lockdown after the country recorded the biggest rise in daily COVID-19 deaths in Southeast Asia. Tokyo confirmed a one-day record high of 224 cases on 9 July—the first time there have been over 200 infections in the country since 17 April. Globally, the number of total confirmed cases has exceeded 10 million. As of 17 July 20204, the total global cases are as follows: Total Confirmed Cases Total Deaths Total Recovered Total Affected Countries 14,190,386 599,232 8,455,592 188 Timor- Leste Updates Meanwhile in Timor-Leste, as of 17 July 2020, the total cases are as follows:5 Total Confirmed New Confirmed Total Tests Total Active Total Total Deaths Cases Cases Cases Recovered 24 0 3638 0 24 0 Timor-Leste remains free of COVID-19 cases as the country has not registered a new case since 24 April and the last patient of COVID-19 recovered on 15 May. As of 17 July, Timor-Leste had confirmed 24 cases of COVID-19 which all have already recovered with 0 deaths. To date, Timor-Leste has tested 3,638 people which resulted in 3,505 negative tests and 109 pending tests. A total of 2552 people have completed their 14 days mandatory quarantine while 224 people are still in the government’s quarantine facilities (205 are in Dili, 4 in Covalima and 15 in Oecusse) and 110 people in individuals’ houses. The State of Emergency in Timor-Leste has now been dissolved and the responsibility of continuing to respond and prepare for further outbreaks in the country have been handed to Ministry of Health. The borders withing the country are opening once a week (every Wednesday). The nation is currently focusing its prevention and mitigation actions in four municipalities that share a border with Indonesian territories, namely Bobonaro, Covalima, Oecusse, Atauro and Dili. Furthermore, as the situation in the country has shifted, the government is also turning its attention towards economic recovery. Employment Support amid the pandemic On 15 July, the president promulgated the first amendment to the decree-law on employment support measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for Timorese citizens whose employment has been 2 Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200717-covid-19-sitrep-179.pdf?sfvrsn=2f1599fa_2 accessed on 17 July 3 Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-14/coronavirus-update-covid19-who-warning-tedros-us-vaccine-testing/12451120 accessed on 17 July 4 Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?%22%20%5Cl%20%22countri accessed on 17 July 5 Source: Ministry of Health https://www.facebook.com/MinisteriodaSaudeTL accessed on 17 July 2 [Timor-Leste]: COVID-19 Pandemic Response affected during the state of emergency.6 This promulgation follows the Council of Ministers’ approval of the first amendment to decree-law No. 16/2020, of 30 April specifically to articles 14 and 16. This financial support to employment within the scope of the government’s COVID-19 response is intended to address the reduction of income of workers and the financial difficulties experienced by employers to ensure the maintenance of jobs. On the basis of this decree-law, the government • through the National Social Security Institute will pay workers enrolled in the social security contribution scheme with a subsidy equivalent to 60% of their salary. Humanitarian Agencies in the Country This week, continued trainings for professional health workers were provided by MoH, Hospital Nacional Guido Valaderes and (NHGV) supported by WHO, St. John of God Health Care, and USAID conducted COVID-19 Case Management Training in Covalima and Oecusse municipalities, participated by 15 health care workers from Covalima and 80 health workers from Oecusse comprising of doctors, nurses, midwives and pharmacists. In addition, the increased vulnerability of those with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to becoming severely ill and dying from COVID-19 calls for ramping up of efforts for prevention, management, and control of NCDs. Therefore, the MoH and Directorate of Ermera District Health Services, together with WHO, trained 36 multidisciplinary health professionals in the two-day orientation on the tools and processes of integrating and implementing the updated people centred Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease (PEN) interventions.7 As schools in the country are reopening, many are still closed due to lack of access to clean water and hand washing facilities. Some organizations have supported the installation of hand washing stations, such as UNICEF which has supported the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport by providing 13,000 buckets with taps to schools across country.8 In addition, the government announced on Friday that it received USD 1 million in funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to tackle hunger and poverty over the next six months, which have been exacerbated due to pandemic restrictions on trade and work. The support will be mainly targeted at vulnerable households living in Suai, Bobonaro, Oecusse, Baucau and Dili, where there is serious concern regarding malnutrition, and invested in the local food production by local farmers. This project will run from July to December this year under the joint control of the Ministry of Agriculture and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). CVTL Response Update In response to COVID-19 pandemic, as of 17 July 2020, CVTL COVID-19 preparedness operations have been conducting the following programs: Health and Hygiene Promotion and Services • Continuing efforts to disseminate information related to COVID-19 pandemic to the community in rural and urban areas, and distributing posters on COVID-19 prevention to 13 municipalities—especially strengthening the dissemination activities in Dili as it shares borders with high-risk areas such as Covalima, Oessue, Bobonaro Municipalities and also Indonesia. • Conducting the door to door approach for disseminating information related to OCVID-19 to ensure that
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