Plans include closing schools and public venues, home delivery of essential supplies, reducing bus services and tightening entry procedures.
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Tourism chief hoping for 60% hotel occupancy; discount vouchers and drone shows mainstay of campaign to encourage cross-border tourists.
New measure is latest in series which has seen regulations chop and change frequently this year as Covid-19 cases surge and recede in mainland China.
Government decrees quarantinees must cough up for tests as it was their own decision to travel outside Macao.
From September, athletes at inter-school sports competitions must also be fully vaccinated; Macao’s jab rate tops 87%, with 30-49-year-olds at 99.9%.
Macao health officials ease cross-border travel restrictions after assessing latest Covid-19 developments in neighbouring regions.
Future plans include greater cooperation with other Greater Bay Area cities and promotions in other areas of mainland China.
Temporary medical facilities would be built in and around the Macao East Asian Games Dome in event of major Covid-19 outbreak.
Danger of community transmission means that NAT validity for arrivals from Guangdong will remain at 24 hours.