76 million facemasks have been sold under the government’s facemask purchase scheme since its launch in late January — 14th round of facemask distribution begins today.
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Four local associations have jointly asked the government to protect the marine environment, improve the city’s sewage treatment plant, impose a speed limit on ferries and investigate the cause of deaths of the cetaceans recently washed ashore on the city’s coastline.
The police said in separate messages over the weekend that they are investigating two deaths.
Macao’s gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 48.7 per cent year-on-year in real terms in Q1.
Activists are planning to hold their annual June 4 vigil at a private venue after Macao’s top court upheld a police ban on holding the event in a public place.
Macau unemployment rate of local residents grew 0.2 percentage points to 3.1 per cent.
Employees, the self-employed, professionals and companies will receive financial support from next month, as one of the government’s measures to tackle the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Macao government has sold more than 76 million facemasks to residents and non-resident workers since late January, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced today at its daily press conference about the local situation of COVID-19.
Macao’s Court of Final Appeal has upheld a decision by the local authorities to disallow this year’s June 4 vigil due to the government’s ongoing COVID-19 prevention measures.