Both – one tourist, one worker – had travelled extensively around the city; cross-border cooperation assists with rapid detection and containment.
Zhuhai health authorities
Man lives in Zhuhai but comes to Macao daily; cross-border travellers’ negative NAT result extended till next Wednesday.
Measures also apply to those in Zhuhai since 29 October; Macao commuters must travel directly from self-health monitoring location to border crossing point.
New travel restriction put in effect at dawn today; Zhuhai health authorities say decision in line with latest Covid-19 developments.
Any person who has been in the hotel’s surrounding area on or after 1 pm on 27 March will need to be placed under medical observation between 7-14 days.
All five patients being treated in isolation. Four new cases in Zhuhai discovered in the past week, seven close contacts detected in Macao.
24-year-old female tested negative but remains in isolation; 22 others who crossed paths with her sent into quarantine.