The Legislative Assembly passed a government-initiated bill regulating its civil protection work, according to which those spreading rumours when “unforeseen public incidents” will face a prison term of up to three years.
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Si Nei Na, deputy convener of the Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council, said that representatives from the Civil Protection and Operation Centre discussed the results of this year’s ‘Crystal Fish’ drill during the council’s regular meeting yesterday, adding that the centre was considering to add a “fallen window incident training” to the drill, in preparation for typhoon season.
Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Ng Chio Wai suggested at a regular meeting on Tuesday that the government should help the elderly tackle the psychological problems that many of them have when dealing with digital technology.
Researchers from the University of Macau and institutions in Central China’s Hubei province have worked together to develop an intelligent system to distinguish pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) from other common pneumonia, said the university Tuesday.
Hong Kong confirmed another 80 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday while three more elderly patients died.
From 6 am today, all those arriving in Macao from Hong Kong must present a nucleic acid test certificate confirming that they have tested negative for Covid-19 within the past 72 hours, otherwise they will be refused entry.
The Macao government has now implemented tougher measures for crew members of cargo ships plying the Hong Kong-Macao route.
From 6 am today, all arrivals who have been in Urumqi (the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and Dalian (a city in Liaoning province) within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao must undergo 14 days of quarantine and medical observation at one of the government’s “quarantine hotels”.
The Macao government will roll out special measures to help Macao residents who are enrolled overseas to fly to the respective countries.