The government expected a budget deficit of over 40 billion patacas for this year due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the local economy.
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Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has classified Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Italy, Iran, France and Germany as “countries/administrative regions at risk for COVID-19.
The Macau Museum of Art (MAM) reopened on Wednesday after being closed for over a month due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Japan will impose a 14-day quarantine on all travellers from the Chinese mainland, Macau and Hong Kong, and suspend visa exemptions for Macau and Hong Kong visitors.
Macau gaming operator MGM has become the first company in Macau to provide cleaning services to social enterprises, sheltered workshops, vocational training centres and treatment and educational centres.
The government has decided to move its COVID-19 medical examination station at the Workers Stadium near the Barrier Gate checkpoint to the Macau Forum complex in Zape from 8 a.m. on Thursday.
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said that about 3,200 vulnerable households will receive extra subsidy to tide them over during the current COVID-19 crisis.
The Macau Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) was ranked 14th among the world’s best universities for hospitality and leisure management from QS World University Ranking.
Macau Science Centre (MSC) will partially reopen on March 9 while its Convention Centre will remain closed.