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.
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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”.
A van flipped on its side after crashing into the roadside ditch before entering Guia Hill Tunnel from Zape Thursday evening.
A government project to build a tunnel for pedestrians under the hill connecting Zape and the Avenida de Horta e Costa neighbourhood got off the ground early this month.
Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early today in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples.