Even if they have been discharged, individuals cannot get into Zhuhai till September; new rules for Key Groups to start on Monday, including weekly NAT.
nucleic acid testing (NAT)
People who work away from home, and high-risk cleaners, food deliverers and bus and taxi drivers, excused of regular testing as Covid-19 threat subsides.
Almost 40,000 travellers arrived or departed yesterday, most headed for mainland China; health officials overwhelmed at airport; more testing likely in future, health chief says.
System will also be cancelled at rehabilitation and detoxification facilities; visits still prohibited at present.
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.
Substantial areas of peninsular Macao at extra risk from Covid-19; tests already running; mandatory for elderly, infirm and infants too.
Residents may take short walks and exercise pets under next week’s ‘consolidation period’ as city struggles back to normality after month-long Omicron blitz; KN95 mask compulsory.
