Compulsory test to be taken in any of the three days before classes start; border busy as 1.8 million cross in past week.
Macao Covid-19
Three consecutive NATs showing negative results no longer a requirement to enter Macao; single negative NAT sufficient.
Edf Mayfair Court is placed on lockdown; 73-year-old patient’s workplace areas, including two Inner Harbour ferry piers, have been assigned Yellow Zones.
Patient is a 21-year-old female non-resident worker who travels regularly between Macao and Zhuhai; she tested negative on 4, 6 and 7 August, finally testing positive yesterday.
Measure starts at midnight, in place for one month, with only a few exemptions; authorities working to reduce waiting time for airport arrivals.
People in Macao have already been able to enter Hong Kong without quarantine via Come2hk Scheme since 2021.
Nearly 200,000 individuals from Key Areas and Key Groups, including those leaving home for work, were sampled.
More than 60,000 NATs under way in Taipa with results expected first thing tomorrow after 26-year-old male tests positive for Covid-19.
Emergency mass-testing follows discovery by authorities in Zhuhai of Taipa supermarket worker with Covid-19; elderly, disabled and young children included in drive.