Macau’s number of visitor arrivals between last Friday, Chinese New Year’s (CNY) Eve and Wednesday fell 76.5% to 243,204 compared to the same CNY period last year.
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26 tourists who have been isolated at a youth hostel in Hac Sa are being transferred to Hotel Pousada Marina Infante, which has been converted into an isolation centre.
So far, there have been 7 confirmed cases, 114 suspected cases and 19 currently in isolation in Macau.
An overview of everything we know on the coronavirus so far in Macau
Public services will be closed on the 30th and 31st January to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Over in Hong Kong, the government announced it will allow civil servants and government employees to work at home until 2 February.
Macau has the world’s highest rate of cases per inhabitant in the coronovirus epidemia.
The boy is the son of one of the confirmed patients who contracted the coronavirus on Sunday.
Only residents from the Hubei province who have a medical certificate stating that they are not infected with coronovirus will be allowed to enter Macau.