Latest fatalities involved two women, aged 36 and 86; neither had been vaccinated and both had underlying medical conditions.
Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre
Negative 48-hour NAT needed when departing for Macao; city recorded 66 new symptomatic cases yesterday; tourists without homes will still need to quarantine at a hotel while all arrivals will not be able to travel to mainland China for another three days.
New criteria in line with mainland China for assessing number of cases omits asymptomatic individuals.
People testing positive in RATs no longer need to do NATs, as they are now classified as positive for Covid-19 and must conduct online self-assessment at once.
People in Macao can collect packages from 35 designated venues; each resident can now only buy up to five RAT kits and one box of antipyretics.
Figure is again nearly double the cases recorded in previous day, with total positive cases since 28 November now standing at 923; close contacts can also stay in any hotel starting tomorrow.
City’s tally since 28 November stands at 541 cases while most cases reported yesterday were asymptomatic.
Online self-assessment platform launches on Wednesday; people living in the same place as those undergoing home isolation will have their health codes turn into yellow and must conduct five-day self-health management.
Cases range in age from six to 79; Starting today, Macao Health Code only mandatory at government services, social services and non-tertiary institutions.