Dr. Leong Iek Hou, from the Communicable Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance Unit, says Covid is now ‘a disease like flu’.
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Earlier modelling by researchers at the Macau University of Science and Technology projects that as many as 6,000 people a day could be getting infected.
Worst-case scenario envisages entire population joining battle against virus with enforced mass lockdowns and temporary medical facilities built in days.
Campaign by volunteers and Social Welfare Bureau staff pays off as more elderly residents agree to get vaccinated against novel coronavirus.
City registers five more Covid-19 positive patients, as Hong Kong’s cases hit record 26,000 with 83 deaths. Macao pushes jabs for kids.
Delivery date not confirmed, says health chief; bureau considering possible diluted vaccine for 3 to 11-year-olds.
Steep rise of novel coronavirus cases in Hong Kong prompts urgent appeal for everyone to get jabbed as Macao reports 23 imported cases in a month.
Health officials advise travellers to double check new entry measures; PSP urge Zhuhai commuters to stick to workplace, home and testing stations.
Patients, both in their 40s and both double-jabbed, were classed as imported and asymptomatic cases and remain in medical isolation.
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