Danger of community transmission means that NAT validity for arrivals from Guangdong will remain at 24 hours.
Omicron variant
City chief urges 17 million residents to stay put while mass testing is carried out. Shops shut and public transport halted until next Sunday.
Public transport suspended, 17 million residents told to stay at home as authorities battle to contain Omicron surge linked to neighbouring Hong Kong.
With public hospitals bursting at the seams and staff struggling to cope, private hospitals agree to take patients with mild or no symptoms.
City continues to battle virus amid staff shortages on public transport and food supply problems while some medical experts query the use of mass testing.
Steep rise of novel coronavirus cases in Hong Kong prompts urgent appeal for everyone to get jabbed as Macao reports 23 imported cases in a month.
Medical workers at full stretch – nine more patients die, 7,000 preliminary positive infections recorded, another 20 care homes affected.
Government urged to provide rapid antigen test kits to the population for self-testing every other day in the coming two months.
Macao reaches 75% vaccination rate, but health chief points to dangers of Omicron variant, urges everyone to get jabbed.
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