As local coronavirus infections associated with overseas arrivals continue to increase in the country, stringent measures have been taken to trace and control the cases.
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Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng underlines the importance of biosecurity in his National Security Education Day address.
The collection process for government-issued consumption subsidy smartcards kicked off yesterday, and by 6 p.m. over 25,000 residents had collected their cards. The process was carried out in a “good order”.
The Joint Admission Examination (JAE) for Macau Four Higher Education Institutions will be held between tomorrow and Sunday, and around 4,000 candidates will take the admission examination on Saturday and Sunday in four higher education institutions.
A total of 111 Africans in Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Monday, RTHK reported today, quoting Xinhua.
Macau’s 35th and 36th confirmed novel coronavirus patients were discharged this afternoon and transferred to Centro Clínico de Saúde Pública for a further 14-day recovery isolation period.
The deadline for the pick-up of the consumption subsidy smartcards has been extended to July 17.
The COVID-19 pandemic will surely not be over in the near future, adding that the epidemic across the world will only come to an end after a specific medicine to treat the disease or a COVID-19 vaccine has been successfully developed.
Only four “quarantine hotels” are still operating: Pousada Marina Infante in Cotai, Golden Crown China Hotel opposite the local airport in Taipa, Jai Alai in Zape, and a section of the Sheraton Grand hotel in Cotai.