However, a scheme that offers discounted surgical masks to eligible groups will run until at least September, reports say.
rapid antigen tests
Tertiary educational institutions to resume activities as scheduled on 3 January.
Negative 48-hour NAT needed when departing for Macao; city recorded 66 new symptomatic cases yesterday; tourists without homes will still need to quarantine at a hotel while all arrivals will not be able to travel to mainland China for another three days.
Figure is again nearly double the cases recorded in previous day, with total positive cases since 28 November now standing at 923; close contacts can also stay in any hotel starting tomorrow.
Cases include 14-year-old Pui Ching student who visited the Macao Food Festival while two restaurants – frequented by taxi driver – in Macao peninsula sealed off; all taxi drivers must now take a RAT.
Just four Key Groups need to take daily NATs; live-out domestic helpers must test every three days; football pitches and basketball courts open tomorrow.
Depending on brand, kits can cost from MOP 8 to 39; city’s stock of KN95 masks monitored daily on Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau website.
Stringent hygiene measures, loudspeaker warnings and sentinels manning market entrances transform shopping experience in the time of Covid-19.
Rapid test kits, currently given to key workers such as prison guards and supermarket staff, stockpiled in case of major Covid-19 outbreak.
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