Officials seek to adapt versions used in mainland China to suit Macao; quarantine-free travel from Hong Kong on the horizon if Beijing gives thumbs-up.
Health Bureau
Macao’s vaccination rate nudging 90%; under-used facility closing to make better use of Health Bureau human resources.
No timeline set out, but Chief Executive indicates NRW would be allowed to visit home country and return to Macao to work.
New centre is 12 times bigger than temporary health station, set to cater for some 40,000 residents in Coloane.
Four-kilo batch intercepted before it reached market; packaging tests negative; food processing plant import permit suspended for one week.
Health chief points to ‘worrying’ increase in teenage use of e-cigarettes, whose sale is already illegal.
Decision follows partial relaxation of entry ban on foreigners which allowed Indonesian and Filipino helpers back into Macao.
Government loosens entry restrictions after considering Covid-19 pandemic situation and needs of ‘home alone’ husbands and wives.
Mainland Chinese man charged nine travellers around RMB 400 each last summer; Health Bureau insists checking system not vulnerable.