The Guangdong government will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement on all arrivals from Macao from tomorrow, the local government’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement Monday night.
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Hong Kong’s plan to form a travel bubble with Macao and neighbouring Guangdong province on mainland China has stalled over technical issues.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng met with the top officials of Guangdong province this week to exchange views on a wide range of topics, such as boosting Guangdong-Macao ties.
Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macau are discussing mutual recognition of quarantine measures and virus testing of COVID-19.
Hong Kong government urged to ease border restrictions with places such as Macau and Guangdong, in a bid to revive Hong Kong’s economy and save jobs.
As local coronavirus infections associated with overseas arrivals continue to increase in the country, stringent measures have been taken to trace and control the cases.
Guangdong province has promised to continue tackling the spread of COVID-19 in the coming weeks as three of the province’s districts and a county have been upgraded from low-risk to medium-risk areas.
The meeting focused on cooperation between Macau and Guangdong, with special emphasis on the joint development of Hengqin Island and further collaboration in the Greater Bay Area.
Around 31,000 travellers crossed the borders of Macau and Zhuhai municipality in Guangdong province up until Thursday.