Macao COVID-19 infections increase as spread extends to medics, police

HONG KONG: Authorities in the tour’s biggest gambling hub Macao are rushing to contain the city’s biggest coronavirus break out since the pandemic started, requiring all inhabitants test daily and stay home as much as possible.

Health, police and fire services staff are among the more than 570 infected cases, the government said on Thursday (Jun 30). Residents must test daily for your virus using Rapid Antigen kits.

The Chinese special administrative region performed three city-wide mass coronavirus tests for its more than 600, 500 residents in the room of a week. Over 7, 000 people are in mandatory quarantine.

Macao, a former Portuguese colony, ruined 100kg of mango fruit from Taiwan after a sample examined positive for the coronavirus, the government said on Thursday. Imports of mangos from the Taiwanese manufacturer would be banned for one week, this said.

Sands China’s Sheraton resort located on Macao’s Las Vegas style Cotai remove has allocated 2, 000 rooms in order to asymptomatic patients.

More than 20 areas and specific zones across the city are usually locked down as authorities try to reduce the chains associated with transmission for the quickly spreading BA. 5. 1 Omicron version.

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