A shuttle service between Macao and Hong Kong has confirmed a bedbug infestation that spurred one passenger to throw out his clothes for fear of being bitten.
Health Bureau (SSM
Schools suspend face-to-face teaching for 13 affected classes; parents urged to get children jabbed. Two-hour negative RAT result needed to visit public hospitals and health centres starting today.
Health workers will also start administering booster vaccines against Omicron subvariants for over-18s, and over-12s in special circumstances.
Both – one tourist, one worker – had travelled extensively around the city; cross-border cooperation assists with rapid detection and containment.
Source of latest Covid-19 case, 58-year-old seafood deliveryman, still unclear; Macao facing three days of RATs as Typhoon Nalgae bears down on city.
Officials and police officers go house-to-house checking on residents’ needs, distribute food packs and hot boxed meals; 70 students to receive online teaching.
Victims aged 24-91; SSM cites chronic physical and mental diseases as most probable cause, urges residents to look out for vulnerable cases.
Elsie Ao Ieong U advises caution, points to outbreaks in Zhuhai and Zhongshan; however, government may reduce quarantine for foreign Grand Prix racers.
Especially vulnerable are drug users, the gay community and HIV/AIDS carriers; test is a simple finger prick, results available in 15 minutes.
