Current measure was put in place at midnight on 19 December and was due to last until midnight 31 December.
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75-year-old victim had been vaccinated twice; 88 new Covid-19 cases admitted to isolation and treatment facilities on Wednesday.
Macau Dredging Services undertakes to dredge and maintain Macao’s public waterways and harbour basins for next five years.
Payments should be made online as banks and Post and Telecommunications Bureau will no longer collect taxes for Transport Bureau.
Tourism chief forecasts daily visitors will reach 40,000 next year, plans to reach out to potential tourists in South Korea, Japan and Thailand.
Goals include adding 2 GW of installed capacity by 2025, investing over 6 billion euros by 2030 and hiring 400 workers in next two years.
Travellers from China face tighter restrictions as pandemic surges; South Korea, India and Italy also wary in wake of zero-Covid policy’s cancellation.
Around 280,000 mainland Chinese tourists have visited Macao this month; Hong Kong tour groups expected to arrive today.
Neighbouring city cancels many Covid-19 measures, including vaccine pass and social distancing measures; mask mandate remains.
Both victims in their 90s, neither had been jabbed; 86 new patients recorded on Tuesday; Macao Forum and Mong Ha Sports Centre vaccination stations to close.
Historic site that was once home to one of Macao’s major industries now hosts information centre and exhibition hall; tender for café to be launched soon.
Team points to lessons learned in Singapore; warns that Covid-19 may continue to affect people’s lives although impact expected to gradually weaken.