Until mid-June, Macao had only registered 82 local Covid-19 cases since 2020. Now, there are over 600. Here’s how the city is navigating this unprecedented outbreak and what lies ahead.
Day: July 1, 2022
Officials mulling fourth citywide NAT as cases reach 638; residents warned once again to stay home, avoid gathering, wear a mask outdoors.
People with yellow health codes will not be assigned red codes and can go directly to original appointment location for testing within three days from 2-4 July.
Last month’s figure drops by 25.9 per cent month-on-month as city fights its worst Covid-19 outbreak, leaving Macao almost empty of visitors.
Among new cases, 31 found in community while 35 detected under management and control; 10,484 individuals currently under follow up.
Xi said he hoped Macao’s chief executive would continue to ‘unremittingly prevent and control the epidemic’.
New function still under testing but will be rolled out as soon as possible, health chief says.
Wet and windy weekend forecast, with possibility of flooding; No 8 signal may go up later today.
MOP 100 for households, MOP 500 for businesses; subsidy runs till December, but can be used up till the end of June 2023.
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