All individuals suffered from chronic diseases; city recorded 90 new symptomatic cases yesterday.
Health Bureau
New criteria in line with mainland China for assessing number of cases omits asymptomatic individuals.
Many key groups of workers now can choose to do RAT instead of NAT; city no longer has Yellow Code Zones.
Customer-facing staff in hotel, entertainment, dining and retail industries need to undergo NAT once every two days.
Everyone who lives around Kiang Wu Hospital and Three Lamps district or visited these areas for more than 30 minutes between 26-30 November will need to be tested.
First test must be done today or tomorrow, second on 1 December, and third on 3 December; only infants and toddlers aged under three are exempt.
Case involves 74-year-old male Macao resident who drives a Black Cab taxi with licence plate number M-2754; city has reported 11 cases since 14 November.
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