In exposing scam, Commission Against Corruption officials find some residents fraudulently received MOP 15,000 Covid-19 subsidy last year.
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Everyone who has a valid vaccination certificate issued by the Macao Health Bureau, can apply for all visa categories to enter the Chinese mainland.
Leong Iek Hou points to rapid mutation of virus, appeals to families to encourage teens and seniors to get inoculated.
Returnees can go to Hong Kong via bridge or Shenzhen; generous daily quotas set at up to 5,000, depending on travel document.
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.