An overview of everything we know on the coronavirus so far in Macau
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China has suspended the issuance of travel permits to Macao and Hong Kong.
Public services will be closed on the 30th and 31st January to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Over in Hong Kong, the government announced it will allow civil servants and government employees to work at home until 2 February.
Macau has the world’s highest rate of cases per inhabitant in the coronovirus epidemia.
The boy is the son of one of the confirmed patients who contracted the coronavirus on Sunday.
Only residents from the Hubei province who have a medical certificate stating that they are not infected with coronovirus will be allowed to enter Macau.
The Macau Health Bureau has confirmed this morning that there are three new cases of the coronavirus in Macau.
Kindergartens, schools, universities, libraries and cultural venues will be closed until at least the 10th February.