The central government will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement for all arrivals from Macao from tomorrow – meaning that they can enter all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the mainland without having to undergo quarantine from tomorrow.
Zhuhai
More than 100 university students from the Macao Special Administrative Region have started internships on Hengqin Island of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in Guangdong province after a launch ceremony was held earlier this week.
The Macao government has lifted its 14-day quarantine requirement for all non-resident workers from the mainland.
According to data from the Macao Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL), at the end of May the number of non-resident workers stood at 189,274, of whom 115,941 were mainlanders or 61.3 per cent of the total.
The Guangdong government will lift its 14-day quarantine requirement on all arrivals from Macao from tomorrow, the local government’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement Monday night.
The Macao government will be extending the scope for the quarantine waiver to include 8 other Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities, according to a statement from the Government Information Bureau (GCS) this morning.
Dr Alvis Lo Iek Long admitted that border entry curbs among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao can only be completely lifted after a Covid-19 vaccine or specific medicine to treat the disease has been successfully developed.
The local government says current COVID-19 testing capability of its nucleic acid testing (NAT) scheme will be able to meet the increasing demand for the tests resulting from the new quarantine waiver granted to all Macao non-resident workers living in Zhuhai.
The Macao government will exempt from today all Macao non-resident workers living in Zhuhai from the current 14-day quarantine imposed on non-resident workers from the mainland.