Secretary for Security said the aim is to “[eliminate] the risk to Macao’s public security”.
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All 108 passengers in quarantine after returning to Macao tested negative for Covid-19 in their second nucleic acid test.
Ambulances were called 2,551 times for Covid-19-related cases in 2020, which is a 12.24 per cent decrease year-on-year.
CEM’s annual Macau Energy Saving Activity has reduced carbon emissions by over 258 million kilogrammes, equivalent to the planting of 11.7 million trees.
In addition to local residents, non-resident workers and non-local students will be covered by the government’s free-of-charge Covid-19 vaccination drive, which will happen later this year.
180 million facemasks have been sold under the government’s facemask purchase scheme since its launch in January last year.
Macao’s 47th Covid-19 patient has not been infected with the more contagious mutant strains of the novel coronavirus in Brazil, South Africa or the United Kingdom.
Seven children — six boys and one girl — from Crèche Diocesana Helen Liang caught gastroenteritis (also known as stomach flu) last week.
The local suspect is a male civil servant involved in clerical work and was arrested recently for beating his wife and son.