Returnees can go to Hong Kong via bridge or Shenzhen; generous daily quotas set at up to 5,000, depending on travel document.
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Permission only granted after applicants have spent 21 days in Hong Kong, who must quarantine for two weeks after arrival in Macao.
Doctors and seafood shop workers swindled government out of MOP 8.5 million over two-and-a-half years, police say.
Medical staff await the findings of international studies before launching roll-out; new contact tracing function on Macao Health Code ready soon.
Almost all 30- and 40-somethings have had either one or both jabs; SSM will focus on senior citizens who are still shirking their inoculations.
New ruling becomes fully effective at midnight on Wednesday; increasing concern on mainland as Delta variant detected in 11 different areas.
New measure closes loophole as some Hong Kong travellers had entered mainland via Macao and Zhuhai rather than Shenzhen.
Measure comes into force on 25 October affecting all Covid-19 infected individuals travelling to Macao via plane.
New ruling follows easing of Covid-19 situation, however travellers must still present 48-hour valid negative NAT certificate.