Macao Catholic Diocese Bishop Stephen Lee Bun Sang has urged the faithful in his 2020 Christmas message to actively promote life.
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The government announced today that from 7 January, it will be mandatory for citizens to declare their address or their most frequented places in Macao on the Health Code.
Mainlanders accounted for 92.5%of all visitor arrivals. Some 51.5% of all mainland visitors came from the Greater Bay Area.
All residents of mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, who in the previous 21 days were in foreign countries, are prohibited from entering the Macao Special Administrative Region starting Wednesday.
The government has decided to extend the mandatory novel coronavirus quarantine period for arrivals from Hong Kong and the rest of the world except mainland China and Taiwan from 14 days to 21 days.
These travellers will undergo two COVID-19 tests during quarantine and a third one on the 20th day.
The Hong Kong government announced suspension of flights from the UK after a more infectious coronavirus variant hit the country
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng told reporters that the government expected to spend, on average, about MOP 500 (US$63) on its COVID-19 vaccine per person.
Macao’s observatory will run a new alert service for hot and cold weather to “reduce the impact of extremely high temperature or low temperature weather on residents”.