Latest fatalities involved two women, aged 36 and 86; neither had been vaccinated and both had underlying medical conditions.
Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane
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.
‘Cabbie Cluster’ spreads to fellow diners at restaurant near Kiang Wu Hospital; residential building on Travessa de Tomás Vieira locked down.
Seventeen-year-old Macao resident, previously listed as core close contact, tested negative twice yesterday before testing positive for Covid-19 today.
Both – one tourist, one worker – had travelled extensively around the city; cross-border cooperation assists with rapid detection and containment.
New case involves 22-year-old local man who tested negative twice yesterday before testing positive today.
Triple-jabbed, 41-year-old man urgently needed at city’s power stations, but will have to wait at the Public Health Clinical Centre in Coloane until given the all-clear.
Health Bureau, taking its cue from the mainland, introduces more precautionary tests, aims to conserve precious medical resources.
Health chief says several types of the newly developed pill which are an alternative to injections have been ordered.
