Second round of citywide Covid-19 testing to continue until midnight; anyone failing to get tested will be assigned with a yellow health code and taken by police to undergo the test.
Day: June 24, 2022
On 24 June 1622 – 401 years ago – the Dutch were defeated after fierce naval attacks and deadly land clashes in Macao. Historian Ivo Carneiro de Sousa recalls the Dutch East India Company’s attempt to conquer Macao and the revisionism that occurred in its wake.
Macao has recorded 149 Covid-19 cases since early Sunday; 251,650 samples from second mass testing come out negative while 20 batches of pooled samples test preliminary positive.
Covid-19 deletes major event from city’s exhibition calendar; no alternative date proposed as yet.
Municipal Affairs Bureau teams up with contractors to clean housing blocks and surrounding areas; aquatic products from India given clean bill of health.
Cash injection comes at crucial stage for Macao’s oldest gaming operator in the run-up to bidding for new concessions.
Following clashes with police in May that left two workers dead, contractor agrees to improve working conditions.