A total of 30 cases of suspected purchases of facemasks using other people’s Macau ID cards have been investigated by the police.
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Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou said the authorities noticed that more residents were out and about and some restaurants were full of patrons, which showed that residents have started to let their guard down.
Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre said that more than one million government-arranged facemasks were sold today.
The Macau Government Tourism Office announced that the number of hotels and guesthouses temporarily closed because of a lack of guests and personnel due to the COVID-19 epidemic has reached 26.
The Banco Nacional Ultramarino bank has announced a range of support measures for entrepreneurs in Macau, particularly those affected by the measures announced by the government in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Macau’s second novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient was discharged from hospital on Wednesday.
CTM says network usage has increased by 30% in the past two weeks compared with the peak of ordinary days as the government urges people to stay at home.
Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said that it is launching a subsidy scheme for local schools and children at non-government subsidised nurseries amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic.
Gaming operator Sands China donated 500,000 facemasks to the government to support its battle against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic.
The Macau government said that it will start selling facemasks for children aged between three and eight Wednesday.
Art Macao will not be held in 2020, according to information from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC).
South Korean authorities will apply "strict quarantine screening" to people arriving from Macau and Hong Kong from Wednesday onward.