A total of 111 Africans in Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Monday, RTHK reported today, quoting Xinhua.
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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.
All those who have registered for the government’s consumption subsidy scheme will be able to pick up their 3,000-pataca smartcards from today until April 30.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will deliver his 2020 policy address in the legislature’s hemicycle next Monday.
A large part of the Taipa Ferry Terminal will be converted into the Macau International Airport’s Terminal 2, which will be connected to the nearby airport complex through a fenced-off “restricted area” corridor in line with international aviation security rules.
The Grand Lapa Hotel, which had been used for medical observation since March 23, has been emptied today.