Trio of new imported, asymptomatic cases had all been jabbed and are all currently in isolation.
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All new imported cases, including one Omicron variant, classified as asymptomatic and imported, so have not raised city’s novel coronavirus tally from 79.
Patient – classified as imported case – is 23-year-old male local resident who arrived in Macao last Saturday having been studying in New York.
Classes will continue as normal for primary and secondary pupils, unlike higher education students who must be vaccinated or take a weekly test for Covid-19.
Over 60s can also get inactivated vaccine shots if healthy and facing increased risk; Macao’s inoculation rate passes 70%.
All except four groups of people which include under 12 year olds and 18-59 year olds who received their BioNTech jabs and aren’t subject to higher Covid-19 risk can now register to take their booster shots.