Potential employees must be double-jabbed and can only work in certain households; pilot scheme may open the door to foreign teachers in future.
Health Bureau
Health Bureau will continue to station mobile vaccination station around city, reaching out to elderly, bedridden and those with impaired mobility.
Temporary medical facilities would be built in and around the Macao East Asian Games Dome in event of major Covid-19 outbreak.
Equatorial Guinea joins Forum Macao, whose members look to China for help in recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health chief also concerned about availability of quarantine hotel rooms and what to do if many new arrivals test positive for Covid-19.
While more expensive than mainland China, Macao’s fee is significantly lower than MOP 240 charged in Hong Kong.
Serious outbreak would trigger city-wide lockdown and gradual implementation of emergency facilities, including 4,430 temporary beds at East Asian Games Dome.
Senior citizens and infirm encouraged to get vaccinated by service on their doorstep; Macao vaccination rate tops 85.8%.
Other Covid-19 news: most public servants believed to have been vaccinated; only six residents permanently excused from inoculation for health reasons.