Tougher measures follow worsening Covid-19 situation abroad; five arrivals from Kathmandu on Sunday test positive.
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From 6 am today, all those arriving in Macao from Hong Kong must present a nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate confirming that they have tested negative for Covid-19 within the past 24 hours, otherwise they will be refused entry.
The Health Bureau has removed the payment counter at its NAT programme’s main testing station in the Taipa Ferry Terminal in Pac On since most of those undergoing their nucleic acid tests now choose to pay the testing fee of MOP 180 online when making online appointments for tests.
The government has decided not to cancel sampling via oropharyngeal swabs in its nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme, after considering residents’ preferences in having their samples collected for a COVID-19 test by this method.
The government has raised the quota for its NAT scheme’s online appointment system to 11,000 people per day, adding that it believes that this can meet the demand by local residents to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border.
A seven-year-old boy accidentally bit off the swab and swallowed its tip when undergoing a COVID-19 nucleic acid test (NAT) at the Taipa Ferry Terminal testing station in Pac On on Tuesday morning.