The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has announced that it has decided to suspend a new measure which would have required players and performers in all local sports contests to be tested for COVID-19 every seven days.
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An outbreak of viral gastroenteritis (also known as stomach flu) was reported to the Health Bureau (SSM) on Sunday, involving six kindergarteners and a teacher from the Santa Maria Mazzarello School in Rua da Praia do Manduco.
A local man in charge of a local clinic was arrested on Saturday for cheating the government’s medical subsidy fund out of over MOP 642,000 through the illegal use of healthcare vouchers in 2017.
The Health Bureau (SSM) is recalling “SALONPAS ADVANCED FORMULA PATCHES (6.5cm x 4.2cm)” manufactured by Japan’s Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co Inc, according to a statement from the bureau on Wednesday.
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said on Tuesday that the Macao government is considering the possible easing of its months-long ban on foreigners entering Macao, provided that they enter Macao from COVID-19 low-risk areas, such as the Chinese mainland.
The Macao government aimed to purchase 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines covering the city’s whole population – two shots for each person.
The government has spent MOP 399 million on the new Praia do Manduco Health Centre, which was inaugurated by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng on Tuesday.
The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Tuesday that it is recalling “Witt Cestasin Capsules” manufactured by Vacopharm Pharmaceutical Joint-Stock Company in Vietnam because the product’s microbial limits exceeded the established pharmacological criteria.
The Health Bureau has concluded that those who have recently entered Macao after having been in Xinjiang’s prefecture of Kashgar within the past 14 days pose a low Covid-19 risk to Macao.