The government has decided that those aged below 18 will now have their samples collected under its NAT scheme only via nasopharyngeal swabs.
Leong Iek Hou
A 62-year-old Hong Kong man who had worked in Macao since March and returned to Hong Kong on 11 July has tested positive for Covid-19 there.
The Health Bureau’s (SSM) Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Department Coordinator Leong Iek Hou has announced today that the local authorities have adjusted the facemask purchase scheme to include 30 facemasks per pack.
The Macao government has toughened its Covid-19 measures for all arrivals who have been in Xinjiang or Liaoning within 14 days prior to their entry into Macao.
The government will arrange for the “first batch” of casino frontline workers to be tested for Covid-19 as early as today.
Filipina who flew from Macao to Manila on 18 June tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease in the Philippines, adding the bureau believed that the woman was infected with Covid-19 in her home country rather than in Macao.
The government plans to amend its guidelines as to what circumstances residents should wear a facemask.
All air passengers – including Macau residents – must obtain a certificate confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19, before they are allowed to board their flight to Macau.
Filipina visiting from Hong Kong, ‘preliminarily’ confirmed with COVID-19, visited Macau last week and lunched at Jollibee.