With effect from 6 am tomorrow, all air and ferry passengers departing from Macao must present a nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19 within the past seven days.
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65% of local respondents have had to take unpaid leave or half-paid leave, became underemployed, had to accept a pay cut or even became unemployed due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy.
A number of residents reported to the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) on Saturday that they had received calls or voice messages from people claiming to be DSEJ officials to discuss scholarship matters or conduct surveys.
Former Macao chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah will stay at a “special place” for 14 days of quarantine after attending today’s funeral of Macao gaming magnate Stanley Ho Hung Sun as one of the pallbearers.
Ho Hau Wah and Lei Wai Nong will both be undergoing mandatory quarantine for 14 days when they return from Hong Kong where they attended the late Stanley Ho’s funeral ceremonies.
Dozens of government officials, politicians, celebrities and business tycoons bid their final farewell to the late Macao casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung Sun today at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point.
Covid-19 has impacted lives in different ways and at different levels. While schools and businesses were suspended so that people could be safe at home, some social services had to continue to ensure that senior citizens living alone, single-parent families and those with disabilities were properly looked after and protected during the pandemic.
Power utility CEM Ambassadors Team and Macau Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) members on Thursday visited 20 households in need in Areia Preta and Iao Hon to provide free safety inspections of electrical installations to ensure the safe use of electricity.
The public Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) said in a statement that it continues its effort to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic through student projects.