The Macau government has so far spent over MOP 50 million (US$6.2 million) on booking rooms in 12 local hotels for mandatory quarantine and medical observation.
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A group comprising seven local Portuguese community associations has collected MOP 3.5 million (US$444,700) to help Portugal fight COVID-19.
The Treasure Hotel, which had been used for medical observation since March 21, has been emptied today.
Guangdong province has promised to continue tackling the spread of COVID-19 in the coming weeks as three of the province's districts and a county have been upgraded from low-risk to medium-risk areas.
Local residents who had regularly travelled to Hong Kong for medical treatment urged to consider receiving the corresponding treatment in Macau during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Regency Art Hotel, which had been used for medical observation since 19 March, has been emptied today.
Macau's bus link with Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) has been suspended from today.
Macau's 3-star Metropole Hotel in the city centre – designated as Macau's 5th hotel for quarantine and medical observation on March 21 – became the first of 12 "quarantine hotels" to return to its normal hospitality role today.
The government insisted today that the city's stock of rice is sufficient.
The Metropole Hotel, which had been used for medical observation since 21 March, has been emptied today.
The "Golden Bus" shuttle service, that link Hong Kong to Macau through the bridge will be suspended from 6 a.m. Sunday, the bus operator announced Saturday.
Macau confirmed its 44th COVID-19 case, classified as imported, the husband of the 40th case and father of the 41st case.