Two more people died of the novel coronavirus disease on Tuesday, raising Macao’s Covid-19 death toll to 32, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has announced.
Both of the female victims, who were aged 91 and 94, had suffered from underlying health problems and neither had been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
The first six of the 32 Covid-19 fatalities were reported during Macao’s previous Covid-19 outbreak last summer.
The seventh fatality was reported on 13 December, which came after Macao switched to an adjusted anti-Covid-19 approach that implicitly allows constant transmissions of the novel coronavirus in the community.
The government was pursuing a dynamic zero-Covid approach when the city was hit by the summer outbreak. The model aimed to cut off transmission chains and eventually reach zero cases in the community after the novel coronavirus had been imported into the city every time.
In addition, the previous dynamic zero-Covid approach required the implementation of strict border entry curbs.
The Centre also announced that 86 new patients diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease were admitted to the Health Bureau’s (SS) isolation and treatment facilities on Tuesday.
The Health Bureau’s isolation and treatment facilities currently comprise the Conde São Januário Hospital, the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane, and hotels used for isolation treatment.
In related news, the Covid-19 vaccination facility at the Macao Forum complex in Zape will close from today, while the inoculation facility at the Mong Ha Sports Centre will close on Saturday.
Anyone who has booked a Covid-19 jab at the Macao Forum vaccination facility can visit the Ilha Verde Health Centre, the Praia do Manduco (Ha Van) Health Centre, the Nossa Senhora do Carmo-Lago Health Centre, or the Ocean Gardens Health Centre at the booked date and time for their jab.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 vaccination facility at the outpatient department of the Conde São Januário Hospital has been suspended since Tuesday as a part of the venue and has now been used for the ongoing battle against the current Covid-19 wave.
Health officials have reminded those who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that they should suspend getting a Covid-19 jab for at least three months. More specifically, they should only get their jab at least three months after their last Covid-19 positive result, either in a nucleic acid test (NAT) or a rapid antigen test (RAT, aka self-test), The Macau Post Daily reported.
