From 6 am today, all arrivals who have been in Urumqi (the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) and Dalian (a city in Liaoning province) within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao must undergo 14 days of quarantine and medical observation at one of the government’s “quarantine hotels”.
Covid-19
Researchers from Hong Kong and Macao have developed a vaccine for the coronavirus and hope to start clinical trials within months.
The leader of the team of mainland China medical experts, who are in Hong Kong says he hopes they can help test more than 200,000 people a day.
Hong Kong was expected to break its 12-day streak of 100-plus new Covid-19 infections on Monday, with around 80 confirmed cases, according to South China Morning Post today.
Daily coronavirus infections in Hong Kong continued to stretch into the triple digits as 115 cases emerged on Sunday.
Personnel from mainland China will come to Hong Kong to help conduct mass Covid-19 testing, it was revealed on Friday night, as the city confirmed another 121 coronavirus cases, the tenth straight day of triple-digit increases in infections.
The elderly in nursing homes is one of the most vulnerable groups, especially in this pandemic. Also at risk are its staff, such as Louis Mary Sesu Ratnam, an Indian Catholic nun in her 60s who spends her time helping others at Macao’s Caritas Santa Maria Home in the St Lazarus district.
Hong Kong registered a record 150 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Thursday, medical sources said, as the government caved to public pressure and reversed its all-day ban on eating in restaurants.
The 20th round of the government’s facemask purchase scheme – which will start tomorrow – will last 30 days, during which each local resident and non-resident worker will be entitled to buy 30 facemasks at the fixed price of MOP 24.