New regulation applies to over-12s unless they have certificate of exemption; hotel quarantine measures for arrivals remain in place.
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Plans are in hand to bring 90 students, who had been unable to book a bed in Macao, back home.
Health workers struggle to cope with 4,500 cases expected today; arrival from Hong Kong tests positive in Macao.
Ten tonnes of frozen meat seized after brief chase; two 40-year-old smugglers from mainland transferred to Public Prosecutions Office.
Around 60 stranded students report unable to make booking; security guards unwilling to work in quarantine hotels.
Most infections Omicron variant; three-year-old girl and trio of over-80s in critical condition; authorities stream hospital admission process.
Government urged to provide rapid antigen test kits to the population for self-testing every other day in the coming two months.
Around 100 daily arrivals threaten to overwhelm current available accommodation, but new hotels must meet Health Bureau standards.
NATs now compulsory at land borders and ferry terminals for arrivals who have been to Beijing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and some other places in the past 21 days.
