Edf Mayfair Court is placed on lockdown; 73-year-old patient’s workplace areas, including two Inner Harbour ferry piers, have been assigned Yellow Zones.
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Patient is a 21-year-old female non-resident worker who travels regularly between Macao and Zhuhai; she tested negative on 4, 6 and 7 August, finally testing positive yesterday.
Tropical Storm Mulan has made landfall in Zhanjiang and is moving away from Macao; winds are expected to ease this afternoon; all government departments and public entities to re-open this afternoon.
Chief Executive says government still mulling how relief will be distributed, acknowledges unemployment situation is ‘very serious’.
Ho Iat Seng says quarantine regulations would still apply and decision dependent on central government and Covid-19 situation.
Passengers from Zhuhai exempted; arrivals must also take another paid-for NAT within two days of landing.
Police arrest quartet who scammed more than half-a-million dollars from two mainland Chinese; in separate case, bogus teacher tricks mums by demanding payment for textbooks.
Drilling in Exclusive Economic Zone started in April, reaching 5,638 metres; results to be released once analysis is concluded.
New value of fund – state’s prime source of income – is down from US$19.12 in March.