Customer-facing staff in hotel, entertainment, dining and retail industries need to undergo NAT once every two days.
nucleic acid test
A building is now classified as a Yellow Code Zone if one household has been diagnosed with Covid-19, while buildings with at least two households diagnosed with the virus will now be classified as Red Code Zones.
Newest cases: cabbie’s wife, neighbour, wife of man who ate in same restaurant as cabbie, and fellow diner; two other cases are mainland Chinese worker and his wife who works at Wynn Palace.
Initially implemented for one week starting 16 November, measure was extended until today, and re-extended due to current Covid-19 situation; Macao International Marathon still on schedule.
Under-threes exempt; those who have not left the city but have undertaken a NAT on the same day are not required to do RAT on that day.
New measure sparked by severity of pandemic across the border; anyone failing to take test will see health code turn yellow on fourth day, red on fifth.
The Residencia apartment building in Areia Preta, where 25-year-old woman lives, has been listed as Red Code Zone.
Neighbouring city’s latest case involves 22-year-old female mainland non-resident worker who lives in Zhuhai and works at music education centre in Fai Chi Kei.
Staff who work on building’s other floors need to undergo daily NAT, plus daily RAT if they have to go to work, over next three days.