Second new service to Zhuhai will ease travel to Guangdong; passengers warned to observe Covid-19 precautions.
Taipa Ferry Terminal
Reduced fee only applies at two testing stations, however others may follow suit.
A seven-year-old boy accidentally bit off the swab and swallowed its tip when undergoing a COVID-19 nucleic acid test (NAT) at the Taipa Ferry Terminal testing station in Pac On on Tuesday morning.
Macao residents who need to cross the Macao-Zhuhai border for official purposes, business activities or other urgent or special reasons can now apply to the Macao government for exemption from the Guangdong’s current 14-day quarantine requirement.
The Macao government announced today a month-long special ferry link between Macao’s Pac On Ferry Terminal and the Hong Kong International Airport’s SkyPier.
Pac On in Taipa will become “a large transport hub” where part of the Taipa Ferry Terminal will be converted into the future Terminal 2 of the adjacent Macau International Airport.
Opening hours of the Taipa Ferry Terminal nucleic acid testing (NAT) station in Pac On will be reduced to between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily from today, from the previous opening hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Four groups of local residents can now choose to undergo their nucleic acid tests at the public hospital under the local government’s current nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme.
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced from today that seniors aged 65 or above, persons aged 18 or below, persons with disabilities and persons with special patient care certificates can make online appointments for nucleic acid testing (NAT).