Everyone must take RAT before leaving home; residents may not step outside home except for urgent reasons or to buy essentials, says CPSP public relations chief.
Macao Covid-19
Only essential services like hospitals, pharmacies, taxis, supermarkets and wet markets to remain open; wearing KN95 or N95 masks now mandatory for adults.
Health chief stresses benefits of mass testing, points to fewer cases; ‘if we reach zero cases we can return to our normal life’.
Currently more than 17,300 individuals under follow up; 31 batches of pooled samples from fifth mass NAT have tested positive.
Given large number of Covid-19 cases in the community and poor handling of outbreak at Shoppes at Four Seasons, city needs to act decisively and fast.
Buses may not travel more than 60% full; drivers must call for back-up if they have to turn passengers away.
Fifth mass test finished, with some positive signs; more hotel rooms assume quarantine role; no citywide lockdown planned.
Forty-one of 128 new cases found in red zones and medical observation hotels, 36 in close contacts, 38 in mass testing and among key groups while 13 detected in community; over 15,000 people under follow up.
Over 490,000 people have been sampled up until this morning; mass testing to end today at 6 pm.