FILE PHOTO: A vendor wearing a protective mask looks on as he waits for customers at a traditional market, after the government announced new cases of coronavirus disease , in DiliDILI - The tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor will put its capital city on a coronavirus lockdown for the first time, its government said on Monday, amid fears it could be facing its first local outbreak.
It said the measure was because of a "high probability of community transmission", but did not elaborate. But its porous border with Indonesia, which has recorded close to 1.38 million COVID-19 cases and more than 37,000 deaths, has raised concern the virus could spread and wreak havoc on East Timor's poorly equipped healthcare system.
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