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Press Release
Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of August 3, 2020
The Council of Ministers met at the Government Palace, in Dili, and decided to propose to His Excellency, the President of the Republic, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, the declaration of a state of emergency, for thirty days.
Given the worrying evolution of the epidemiological situation and the proliferation of registered cases of COVID-19 infection, both at regional and global levels, and intending to avoid and neutralize the risks of SARS-Cov-2 spreading, thus protecting public health and the National Health System’s response capacity, the Government proposes to the President of the Republic that, with the Declaration of the State of Emergency, the suspension or restriction of international traffic rights of movement and fixing residence and resistance may be allowed . THE END