Dr Alvis Lo Iek Long admitted that border entry curbs among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao can only be completely lifted after a Covid-19 vaccine or specific medicine to treat the disease has been successfully developed.
Day: July 2, 2020
The Government Information Bureau (GCS) will further facilitate communication between the government and the press, according to the new GCS director, Inês Chan Lou.
Zhong Nanshan, China’s renowned respiratory disease expert, came to Macao on Monday and shared the mainland’s COVID-19 prevention and control experience and COVID-19 treatment with Macao’s medical professionals during a seminar in Government Headquarters.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it now forecasts that Macao’s economy will drop by between 55.7% and 59.1% this year, in which case its gross domestic product (GDP) will return to the level it was in 2005 or 2004 in real terms.
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced in a statement on Wednesday that 32 subsidised and 21 private nurseries still have available places.
A local student was arrested last Saturday for raping and threatening his girlfriend, as well as holding her against her will, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Cheong Kam Fai said during a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The 20th Macau City Fringe Festival will be held next January with the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) already calling for proposals for events and the performance venues, and the deadline for applications is 31 July by 5 pm, the bureau said in a statement on Wednesday.