From midnight tonight onwards, a negative Covid-19 test result will no longer be needed to enter Macao’s casinos.
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Test quota upped to 27,000 daily, and will now cost MOP 90; staff at public bodies are urged to get their Covid-19 jabs altogether, casino workers are next in line.
Inoculation campaign starts in earnest this week as German vaccine joins the fight; residents urged to discard “wait-and-see” attitude and make an appointment soon.
The first batch of 100,000 doses of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine arrived Macao from Germany via Hong Kong today.
Macao has done well over the past two decades, especially in its battle to prevent and contain Covid-19, says commissioner.
Credit card fraud runs rampant as customers shop from home, but while there is less violent crime, child sexual abuse is on the rise.
As more than 25,000 volunteers sign up for free jabs, experts say German vaccines best for under-16s and seniors, Chinese fine for other age groups.
Hong Kong graft busters share information with counterparts in Macao in the run-up to autumn elections for the Legislative Assembly.
More than 12,000 queue up for their shot, as health officials report no adverse effects and exhort residents to protect themselves as soon as possible.