New criteria in line with mainland China for assessing number of cases omits asymptomatic individuals.
Public Health Clinical Centre
All five, from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand had been vaccinated. Sixth case, from United Kingdom, classified as ‘repositive’.
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.
Serious outbreak would trigger city-wide lockdown and gradual implementation of emergency facilities, including 4,430 temporary beds at East Asian Games Dome.
Health officials stress evidence from Hong Kong that getting inoculated is best way to prevent serious condition or death.
Two women, 50 and 66 years old, both double-jabbed, show up as ‘weakly positive’ having recovered from Covid-19 last month; both being treated in isolation.
Imported and asymptomatic cases tally 64; one ‘repositive’ case also being treated in isolation.
Four-year-old girl and 51-year-old man both asymptomatic and held in isolation, as well as repositive 36-year-old case from Hong Kong.
All five patients being treated in isolation. Four new cases in Zhuhai discovered in the past week, seven close contacts detected in Macao.
