Future testing will depend on Delta variant’s development and the situation across the border; so far, 683,000 either tested or registered for NATs.
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Health authorities praise emergency assistance from Guangdong, urge anyone who may not have been tested to do so as soon as possible.
Battle against the virus continues; more than half-a-million tested so far, with no positive Covid-19 results to date.
Mass testing could finish early as more than three-quarters of the city’s population has been tested and more than 210,000 tests have confirmed negative so far.
City may have to go through a second or even a third round of NATs, depending on the results for this week’s test.
The additional manpower from Guangdong has already been dispatched across the city’s testing stations to help reduce waiting times.
Macao’s neighbour closes entertainment venues and introduces strict regulations for travellers in bid to counter wave of Covid-19 cases.
Despite mammoth queues and some technical glitches, the city-wide tests are proceeding according to plan.
After one of its students was infected with the virus, school authorities moved swiftly to help contain the outbreak.