Hong Kong confirms today another 69 coronavirus cases on Thursday and two fatalities.
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Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) Chairman Lui Che Woo said today that “the Macao government continues to perform admirably throughout the [Covid-19] pandemic”.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Wednesday that Macao has been doing great at its Covid-19 prevention work, yet the “last kilometre” of the city’s Covid-19 battle has just started.
A 65-year-old local man was diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease on Tuesday, marking the fourth such case this year, Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement Wednesday night.
The main structure of the ongoing infectious disease centre project next to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre is expected to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.
From today, all Macao residents can also choose to undergo their nucleic acid tests (NAT) at the Macau Forum testing station in Zape under the government’s NAT scheme, in addition to undergoing the tests at the programme’s main testing station in the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On.
Macao will only allow non-resident foreigners to enter when they come from territories without cases of Covid-19 for more than 130 consecutive days, Macao SAR Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said today.
The new Macao-mainland joint border checkpoint on Hengqin Island will come into service at 3 pm next Tuesday when Macao’s Lotus Flower checkpoint in Cotai will be relocated there, the Macao Government Information Bureau (GCS) announced in a statement last night.
The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted a decision to allow law practitioners in Hong Kong and practising lawyers in Macao to qualify and work as lawyers in nine cities of Guangdong province on a trial basis.