City to open step by step; close contacts allowed to home quarantine; ‘5+3’ travellers will no longer have to check into red code hotels after five days’ hotel quarantine; government expects up to 80% of population to get Covid-19.
Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre Coordinator Leong Iek Hou
No concrete decision as yet; SSM also considering whether to lower age limit for Sinopharm jabs to six months.
Health chief says if Macao records zero or few Covid-19 cases, people can wear surgical facemask during consolidation period’s three-day extension.
Health chief says coming weekend’s NATs will reveal whether hidden cases still lurking in community.
Philippine passport holders and property management workers no longer need to undergo daily NAT starting tomorrow; all people leaving home for work during ‘consolidation period’ must take NAT every two days.
Construction workers added to key groups which will need to take daily mandatory NAT; Macao enters its first day of ‘consolidation period’ with 469 warnings issued and one accused.
‘Consolidation’ phase would see the city on the road back to normal, while still taking strict anti-virus precautions, says Leong Iek Hou. Drive continues to hit zero cases this week.
Potential employees must be double-jabbed and can only work in certain households; pilot scheme may open the door to foreign teachers in future.