The Macao government has sold 92 million facemasks since January 23, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at a regular press conference today.
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The deputy secretary-general of the Forum Macao, Rodrigo Brum said that Portuguese-speaking countries – namely Portugal – should take more advantage of this organisation to attract Chinese foreign investment, namely in greenfield investments.
Macao residents planning to return home from a list of six countries via Hong Kong using the special ferry service must present a nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate confirming they have tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding the ferry from Hong Kong’s airport back to Macao.
The Higher Education Bureau announced in a statement Sunday night that from today, Macao residents enrolled in Taiwan are exempted from obtaining a NAT certificate from medical institutions on the island confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to Macao.
The civil protection structure carried out its annual typhoon drill on Saturday, involving the participation of thousands of people across the city and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SJM executive-cum-lawmaker Angela Leong On Kei clarified the situation of one of her five children in a Chinese-language statement published in Macao on Sunday.
Galaxy Macau said on Sunday that it is offering complimentary accommodation or a restaurant experience for locals who successfully booked a stay at the hotel for MOP 10 on the internet but were told later it was invalid as it was the result of a system error.
Saturday night saw local gym Macao Boxing House hold a charity boxing event with MOP 35,730 raised going to Macau Special Olympics.
Albano Martins, founder and president of Anima Macau, will be stepping down from his position at the animal rights group this July.
The economic impact of COVID-19 pushed up Macao residents' unemployment rate by 0.3 percentage points to 3.4% between March and May from the February–April survey period.
The funeral of Macao gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung Sun will be held in Hong Kong on July 10.
From today, Macao residents arriving from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Brazil and the Philippines and transferring to Macao via special ferry need certification saying they have tested negative from COVID-19.