The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has announced that it has decided to suspend a new measure which would have required players and performers in all local sports contests to be tested for COVID-19 every seven days.
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The government says that it will launch a public consultation on the drafting of a trade union bill after collecting opinions from the city’s business and labour sectors.
An outbreak of viral gastroenteritis (also known as stomach flu) was reported to the Health Bureau (SSM) on Sunday, involving six kindergarteners and a teacher from the Santa Maria Mazzarello School in Rua da Praia do Manduco.
Mio Pang Fei stopped painting in the last decade due to the deterioration of his health, having dedicated himself, in the last years of his life, to Chinese calligraphy.
Asked about the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s quarantine waiver during her two-day visit to Macao, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture said that imposing full quarantine on visiting officials wouldn’t benefit either side’s decision-making process in the ongoing COVID-19 fight.
The Macao government has imposed mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arrivals from Zhuqiao town in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, and two areas in Tianjin’s Binhai New Area, namely Hangu subdistrict and the cold-chain logistics area of the Tianjin central fishing port.
The government launches a one-month public consultation on the drafting of its youth policy to be implemented from next year to 2030.
Hong Kong residents returning to the city from Guangdong or Macao will be exempt from undergoing quarantine from 23 November, as long as they test negative for COVID-19 and register with the Hong Kong government in advance.
The government has announced that the city’s public bus drivers, taxi drivers and those operating Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains can now make an appointment to undergo a one-off Covid-19 test free of charge.