All new imported cases, including one Omicron variant, classified as asymptomatic and imported, so have not raised city’s novel coronavirus tally from 79.
BioNTech vaccine
Over 60s can also get inactivated vaccine shots if healthy and facing increased risk; Macao’s inoculation rate passes 70%.
Over-60s can get inoculated with same vaccine if they face increased risk; all results from Sunday’s NAT drive reported negative.
Vaccination facility now provides both BioNTech and Sinopharm inoculations; 10,000 slots available every day in Macao.
Health Bureau officials plan to brief secondary school pupils about vaccine’s effectiveness and launch outreach inoculation programme in September.
Extensive tests have shown that the vaccine is both safe and effective and youngsters – who could infect adults – need to be inoculated.
Health Bureau states that the 48-year-old’s death was coincidental, and not a consequence of having been vaccinated two weeks prior.
The Health Bureau said that the resident has not suffered “any abnormal health conditions” after his second jab.
