The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) will issue the Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 at 23:30 tonight.
Day: August 18, 2020
The new Macao-mainland joint Hengqin checkpoint that opened Tuesday cuts clearance time to about 30 seconds.
The Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 will be issued between 10 pm tonight and 2 am on Wednesday, announced the Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) in a statement this afternoon.
The Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) hoisted Signal No. 3 at 3:30 pm on Tuesday as the tropical cyclone approaches and will remain in effect for a period of time.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration has begun putting together a third round of relief measures as she signalled the existing social distancing measures will continue despite calls from the catering sector for some relaxations.
Hong Kong is expecting 38 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, which would extend the city’s run of fewer than 100 daily infections to a 16th straight day.
The new Hengqin immigration port to facilitate travel between Macao and Zhuhai was officially put into use on Tuesday.
The fact that a number of new local Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Guangdong last week will not affect next week’s resumption of the issuing of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and group tours permits for Guangdong residents to travel to Macao.
From this week the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre will reschedule its regular press conferences to every Monday and Thursday, as Macao’s COVID-19 epidemic has been constantly easing.
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