City chief urges 17 million residents to stay put while mass testing is carried out. Shops shut and public transport halted until next Sunday.
Covid-19 cases
CUHK assistant professor estimates daily number of infections will not return to four-digit until late May.
585,937 cases recorded in official tally as number of Covid-related fatalities stands at 2,869.
Government is still assessing how widespread the lockdown will be, over 32,000 new cases yesterday.
Health officials in neighbouring city say current wave of cases is now ‘controllable’.
Patients all from Nanping town apart from one Qianshan resident; MGTO chief says Chinese New Year festive events hang in the balance.
Health chief Alvis Lo Iek Long blasts lax procedures at quarantine hotels and warns Macao residents to strictly observe prevention measures.
Battle against the virus continues; more than half-a-million tested so far, with no positive Covid-19 results to date.
Macao residents warned to keep away from neighbouring cities after a sharp rise in local Covid-19 cases.