The condition of Macau’s 18th COVID-19 patient, a 50-year-old local woman, has improved.
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Macau can’t “endlessly” ask Hong Kong to continue offering the special arrangement allowing in Macau residents returning from overseas to transit at Hong Kong’s airport en route to Macau by special bus.
Macau confirmed its 40th and 41st COVID-19 cases, classified as imported.
Last week, an order from Portugal for 500 Chinese ventilators was threatened by an offer from another country but was saved “in extremis” by BNU Macau.
Macau’s airport operator CAM said in a statement on Monday that it was “hit hard” by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year, admitting that its profitability prospects for this year are uncertain.
The newly completed School of Nursing Building of the Islands Medical Complex – located in Cotai – will be used by health authorities as a temporary isolation centre for those under medical observation due to close contact with patients infected with the novel coronavirus or are considered at high risk.
The Macao Water Supply Company Limited – branded as Macao Water – has announced a net profit of around MOP 95 million (US$11.8 million) for last year, an increase of 7% from 2018.
Macau’s imports fell 30.3% year-on-year to 3.87 billion patacas last month.