Patient is a 21-year-old female non-resident worker who travels regularly between Macao and Zhuhai; she tested negative on 4, 6 and 7 August, finally testing positive yesterday.
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Passengers from Zhuhai exempted; arrivals must also take another paid-for NAT within two days of landing.
Police arrest quartet who scammed more than half-a-million dollars from two mainland Chinese; in separate case, bogus teacher tricks mums by demanding payment for textbooks.
Mass-testing to end at midnight; no exemptions for youngsters, elderly or disabled.
Scammers gained victim’s confidence by allowing her to withdraw some of her funds; then they – and her money – disappeared into thin air.
Measure starts at midnight, in place for one month, with only a few exemptions; authorities working to reduce waiting time for airport arrivals.
People in Macao have already been able to enter Hong Kong without quarantine via Come2hk Scheme since 2021.
Nearly 200,000 individuals from Key Areas and Key Groups, including those leaving home for work, were sampled.
Macao begins its normalisation period as planned today despite the sudden announcement of a positive Covid-19 case and two areas in lockdown.