Covid-19 cases top 1,100 as two of Macao’s entertainment icons are shuttered by virus; 17 areas locked down, over 3,500 patients in quarantine.
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Health Bureau says, since 19 June, at least six people who work at the shopping mall have tested positive for coronavirus.
More than 14,000 individuals are under follow up; 94 batches of pooled samples from fourth mass NAT positive for Covid-19.
Starting 9 am today, Macao embarks on its 5th round of mass NATs; anyone refusing to partake will be ‘taken by police’ for testing.
Hot meals and medical care organised for 556 elderly and infirm residents in social housing estate in Fai Chi Kei.
Health workers need to act swiftly to contain the virus, and need to know residents’ current phone number and address.
Depending on brand, kits can cost from MOP 8 to 39; city’s stock of KN95 masks monitored daily on Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau website.
Health workers intensify efforts to trace source of BA.5.1 Omicron variant as confirmed cases reach 941 – and likely to increase; Grand Lisboa Hotel locked down after 13 cases found.
All other staff including outsourced cleaning, security and decoration workers must now undergo four NATs and make sure their phones remain on and available to be contacted for further arrangements.