Health chief appeals to residents to join third mass NAT drive early as Red and Yellow zones labour under lockdown imposed after the discovery of 72nd, 73rd and 74th cases.
Alvis Lo Iek Long
Second citywide programme ends at 3 pm today; health chief warns police will seek out anyone who fails to get tested.
Health chief Alvis Lo Iek Long blasts lax procedures at quarantine hotels and warns Macao residents to strictly observe prevention measures.
NHC’s expert team urges proactive approach and strengthening cooperation with Guangdong and Hong Kong.
New facility’s 1,100 beds will increase Macao’s overall total by 50% which will help it to care for growing ageing population.
If it goes ahead, next citywide test should run more smoothly with more testing stations and robust Health Code backup systems.
Battle against the virus continues; more than half-a-million tested so far, with no positive Covid-19 results to date.
Mass testing could finish early as more than three-quarters of the city’s population has been tested and more than 210,000 tests have confirmed negative so far.
City may have to go through a second or even a third round of NATs, depending on the results for this week’s test.