Especially vulnerable are drug users, the gay community and HIV/AIDS carriers; test is a simple finger prick, results available in 15 minutes.
Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre
Health Bureau targets under-18s, pregnant women, obese and chronically ill people and over-50s in annual drive to protect residents from influenza.
Anyone who needs to take NAT within three months of discharge will have to pay MOP 150 – thrice normal cost – for individual-sample test.
Victim named as Wong, aged 35; police say no suspicious injuries found, forensic examination to take place shortly.
Guard, a 47-year-old male worker, may have become infected while collecting rubbish or changing protective clothing.
No concrete decision as yet; SSM also considering whether to lower age limit for Sinopharm jabs to six months.
Test also mandatory for anyone who has had Covid-19 within three months; NATs available at four stations across the city.
In light of ultra hot weather and fewer cases, Health Bureau mulls whether facemasks, while highly effective at preventing contagion, will still be necessary.
Health workers concentrate on breaking virus transmission chains after quitting search for Patient Zero; fifth death is 86-year-old suffering kidney problems and dementia.