Government also plans to spend MOP 1.326 billion on subsidising business and residential water and electricity bills for a period of six months.
Macao Covid-19
Macao health officials ease cross-border travel restrictions after assessing latest Covid-19 developments in neighbouring regions.
Triple-jabbed, 41-year-old man urgently needed at city’s power stations, but will have to wait at the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane until given the all-clear.
Easter weekend drive at Macao Forum sees 4,700 over-threes get jabbed; eight more patients undergoing treatment in isolation.
Potential employees must be double-jabbed and can only work in certain households; pilot scheme may open the door to foreign teachers in future.
Health Bureau will continue to station mobile vaccination station around city, reaching out to elderly, bedridden and those with impaired mobility.
Economy expected to accelerate to 23% in 2023, growth not expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels until 2025.
Temporary medical facilities would be built in and around the Macao East Asian Games Dome in event of major Covid-19 outbreak.
Operating all day until 5:30 pm, the vaccination station is specifically aimed at the elderly and infirm living nearby; volunteers on hand to assist with transport.