Visitors and non-resident workers have to go into the 14-day quarantine at the Pousada Marina Infante hotel in Cotai and pay a fee, while local residents can choose to go into quarantine either in their home or at the hotel.
Community
The Macau Science Centre (MSC) said its Convention Centre has cancelled all activities until the end of March.
There is still no date yet for schools to resume classes, the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement on Wednesday.
Sands China is donating MOP 1.65 million to 33 elderly and rehabilitation centres indicated by the Social Welfare Bureau to assist them in tackling the spread of the COVID-19 and safeguard the health of their over 3,100 users.
Anyone, including locals, who have been in South Korea 14 days before entering Macau will stay under medical surveillance for 14 days.
MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes admitted that the COVID-19 epidemic has been affecting Macau’s tourism “very much”.
Macau’s number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients decreased to three when one more of the initially 10 patients was discharged from hospital.
Sands China has donated 1 million patacas (US$125,000) to four social service organisations in the city to help them assist the community’s most vulnerable cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 epidemic.
Health Bureau urges residents to avoid travelling to COVID-19-high-prevalence regions so as to reduce the risk of infection.