Timor-Leste: CoronaVirus Meter

How Timor-Leste is dealing with COVID-19 outbreak

1d | ReliefWeb

Dili, Timor-Leste - With all-round support from the World Health Organization, Timor-Leste, an island nation of 1.3 million people, has responded swiftly and effectively in dealing with the COVID-19 ...

Edd Wright on Climate Resilience on Timor-Leste

3d | The Diplomat

Leste faces particularly acute climate challenges as an isolated, poor, and dry nation. Water remains scarce, intensifying public health concerns amid the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

WHO leads Timor-Leste’s immediate response to COVID-19

2d | World Health Organization

Despite a fragile health care system and limited resources, the tiny island of Timor-Leste has successfully controlled the ...

World Bank approves $250 million loan to support Indonesia's COVID-19's response

1d | The Jakarta Post

Indonesia will use the loan from the World Bank to strengthen its emergency response to COVID-19 and future outbreaks.

DFAT announces new aid policy in response to COVID-19. But is anything different?

2d | Devex

A new Australian aid policy document will be launched on May 29 pivoting to a focus on health security. But there are no new ...

Foreign aid diverted to fight coronavirus

2d | News.com.au

One of Australia's leading foreign policy experts has suggested using the $60 billion in unspent JobKeeper funding to help ...

Thirty nations launch joint initiative to share knowledge, tools to combat COVID-19

1d | Washington Times

A group of thirty countries from around the world kicked off a joint initiative Friday aimed at sharing medicines, vaccines, ...

Chinese foundations donate medical supplies to Timor-Leste for fight against COVID-19

4d | China Internet Information Center

Leste's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Dionisio Babo, the WHO Representative to Timor-Leste and other officials from the Timor-Leste government attended the handover ceremony at the ...

The WHO launched a voluntary Covid-19 product pool. What happens next?

1d | STAT

STAT breaks down how the WHO's voluntary pool will work — and what might happen if more countries don't get on board with the ...

WHO and Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool

1d | Devex

37 countries have pledged their support to sharing intellectual property in the fight against coronavirus — but key players ...

Australia to refocus international aid to health security on doorstep

2d | YAHOO!

Australia will divert A$280 million ($185.25 million) in overseas aid this year to bolster the response of its closest ...

Thirty nations launch joint initiative to share knowledge, tools to combat COVID-19

1d | Washington Times

A group of thirty countries from around the world kicked off a joint initiative Friday aimed at sharing medicines, vaccines, ...

Coronavirus: Australia to refocus international aid on health security in Indo-Pacific region

2d | The Straits Times

SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Australia will divert A$280 million (A$263 million) in overseas aid this year to bolster the response of ...

ConocoPhillips Closes Australian Asset Divestment to Santos

23h | YAHOO!

ConocoPhillips (COP) intends to use the proceeds from the Australian asset divestment for general corporate purposes.

Coronavirus prompts foreign aid shift

2d | The Canberra Times

Foreign aid funding will be redirected to help Australia's neighbours deal with the impacts of coronavirus. The shift of more ...

Coronavirus to 'dwarf' Australia's aid resources, forcing redirect of funding to health security, stability and economic recovery

2d | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The spread of COVID-19 will "dwarf" Australia's aid resources and force a rethink of how to help and maintain a strategic ...

Chinese foundations donate medical supplies to Timor-Leste for fight against COVID-19

4d | China Internet Information Center

Leste's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Dionisio Babo, the WHO Representative to Timor-Leste and other officials from the Timor-Leste government attended the handover ceremony at the ...

PH ranks 8th in Southeast Asia response to COVID-19

5d | Philippine Daily Inquirer

Philippine funds for the containment of the new coronavirus further rose two months after the initial lockdown imposed in mid ...

The WHO launched a voluntary Covid-19 product pool. What happens next?

1d | STAT

STAT breaks down how the WHO's voluntary pool will work — and what might happen if more countries don't get on board with the ...

WHO and Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool

1d | Devex

37 countries have pledged their support to sharing intellectual property in the fight against coronavirus — but key players ...

WHO and Costa Rica launch COVID-19 Technology Access Pool

1d | Devex

37 countries have pledged their support to sharing intellectual property in the fight against coronavirus — but key players ...

Australia's $4b aid program refocused to deal with COVID-19 recovery

2d | Sydney Morning Herald

Australia has shelved a major review of its $4 billion foreign aid program and will instead redirect hundreds of millions of ...

RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste

11d | United States Army

The Rhode Island National Guard partnered with the University of Rhode Island to send critical medical equipment to the South ...

WA coronavirus LIVE: More COVID-19 cases from stricken sheep ship, Global cases top 5.9 million

2d | WAtoday

The Department of Health yesterday reported seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing WA's total to 577. Of these seven new cases ...

PLA sends supplies to help Russia, Mongolia, Timor-Leste militaries combat COVID-19

5d | China Internet Information Center

With the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent face masks, protective suits and other medical supplies to the militaries of Russia, Mongolia and ...

The World Bank Approves Financing for Indonesia’s COVID-19 Emergency Response

1d | ReliefWeb

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Friday, May 22, 2020 approved $250 million for the Indonesia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project. The financing will help the country reduce the risk ...

Australia's $4b-a-year aid budget to get COVID-19 overhaul

2d | The Australian Financial Review

The Morrison government will on Friday release an update to Australia’s foreign aid strategy which will focus on addressing ...

WHO, 37 countries launch alliance to share tools to battle COVID-19

1d | bdnews24.com

Thirty-seven countries, including Bangladesh, and the World Health Organisation appealed on Friday for common ownership of ...

What We Can Learn from Coronavirus Per Capita Death Rates

9d | National Review

The main takeaway from the massive disparities in death rates so far is their regional patterns. Six months into the global ...

More than 100,000 citizens return to Indonesia, 591 test positive for COVID-19

11d | The Jakarta Post

A total of 132,978 Indonesian citizens abroad — consisting of crew members, migrant workers and students — had arrived in the ...