Author: Anthony Lam, MDT
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Education regulator has plan to tackle parents’ school resumption concerns
Parents have the liberty of not sending their children back to school during the early stage of school resumption if they are worried about the potential ... -
Gov’t stresses importance of honest travel declarations after case slips through
Honest travel history declarations are one of the most important factors in preventing another coronavirus outbreak in the city, the Health Bureau (SSM) stressed yesterday, after ... -
Rise in border crossing activity mostly due to Macau residents
The number of daily crossings in and out of Macau is on the rise, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) told yesterday’s daily press conference, despite ... -
Macau residents returned from Hubei cleared of virus in initial tests
Fifty-seven people who were rescued by the Macau government from the central Chinese province of Hubei over the weekend have tested negative for Covid-19, Lei Chin ... -
Education authority hints school reopening might not wait on Guangdong
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) hinted over the weekend that it might amend the criteria for school resumption. At the daily press conference yesterday, ... -
Financial Secretary urges Macau to study diversification
The Covid-19 outbreak in Macau is a lesson for the city to learn about the importance of economic diversification, Lei Wai Nong, Secretary for Economy and ... -
Workers Stadium medical station to be moved to Macau Forum
The provisional medical station at the Macao Federation of Trade Unions Workers Stadium, located right beside the Border Gate, will be relocated to the Macau Forum ... -
Gov’t subsidized housing application period postponed
The application period for an upcoming government subsidized housing project has been extended by a month, with the new closing date to be April 27, the ... -
Seven Air Macau crewmembers to join Wuhan rescue mission
Seven staff members from the government and seven crewmembers from Air Macau will play core roles in a rescue mission for Macau residents in Wuhan to ... -
Health Bureau chief defends Hubei rescue operation
Director of the Health Bureau (SSM), Lei Chin Ion, said that the current outlook for a mission to repatriate about 50 Macau residents from central China’s ... -
Wanted: extension of economic housing applications, say lawmakers
Amid the partial or full suspension of public and private services deemed necessary by the government as part of its response to the Covid-19 outbreak, the ... -
NO GOING OUT, NO CROWDING | Government urges caution as business, tourism services resume
TODAY sees the full resumption of government offices and entertainment venues across the city after a suspension in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, but the Health ... -
Macau to repatriate 50 residents from China’s Hubei Province
THE Macau government will start the repatriation of Macau residents from Hubei Province this coming weekend, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced yesterday, alongside ... -
Tuition centers, entertainment venues to reopen Monday
Tuition centers and continuing education establishments, along with a series of entertainment and leisure venues, have been allowed to resume operations from March 2 under certain ... -
Anyone with travel history to South Korea will face quarantine
Anyone who has been to South Korea in the past 14 days is now required to undergo monitored quarantine at locations designated by the Health Bureau ... -
Tourism regulator receives five calls from Macau residents in South Korea
Macau’s Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) has received five calls requesting assistance from local residents in South Korea, the government disclosed yesterday. Maria Helena de Senna ... -
Tourism regulator says no way to trace Macau residents abroad
If they don’t speak out, we have no way to know where these Macau residents are,” Inês Chan, Chief of the Macao Government Tourism Office’s (MGTO) ... -
Three residents return from cruise ship to face second quarantine in Macau
Three of the five Macau passengers onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is stranded in Yokohama, have returned to Macau and are now under monitored ... -
Seven hotels resume operation as casinos open
Sixteen short-term accommodation providers, including seven star-rated hotels and nine providers of budget accommodation, resumed operation yesterday, along with the reopening of 29 casinos across the ... -
Immigration checks tighten as parks reopen
From today, visitors coming into Macau from places with a “severe infection” of the Covid-19 coronavirus and Macau residents who cross the border many times on ... -
Police say Border Gate normal as thousands get ahead of quarantine enforcement
Operations at Border Gate yesterday were conducted normally and without overcrowding issues, according to the police, with slightly above 20,000 crossings by foreign workers recorded as ... -
Measures on foreign workers from mainland to tighten
From Thursday, all foreign workers who have been to mainland China in the past 14 days will be required to undergo 14 days of medical observation ... -
Our Desk | Still room for improvement
At the time of writing, the government has just resumed most public services. The government had announced the suspension of non-essential services due to the outbreak ... -
Macau Pass designated e-voucher supplier for economy relief plans
The Secretary for Economy and Finance has preliminarily confirmed that Macau Pass will be designated to assist with the distribution and management of the government’s e-coupon ... -
Mega-event Art Macao canceled this year
Art Macao is canceled this year, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has informed the Times. The government-organized mega-event featuring artworks of various forms and spanning a ... -
Coronavirus patient recovers
The first confirmed coronavirus patient in Macau was discharged from hospital yesterday after more than two weeks of treatment. The 52-year-old businesswoman from Wuhan arrived in ... -
Doctors reassure pregnant residents of hospital cleanliness
DOCTOr Lei Wai Seng, medical director at the Conde S. Januário Hospital, has assured pregnant residents that sufficient measures are in place at medical facilities to ... -
Coronavirus cases increase to 10 in latest gov’t update
The number of confirmed coronavirus patients has increased to 10 after two more were reported in the latest government update. Leong Iek Hou, a coordinator at ... -
Gov’t seeking extra quarantine facilities to cope with growing cases
Following the announcement of the two new novel coronavirus cases in Macau, Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has disclosed that his team is conducting negotiations with ... -
Wuhan coronavirus | Government says it is prepared for worst-case scenario
The government admitted yesterday it has already considered and prepared for a ‘worst-case scenario’ amid the coronavirus outbreak on the mainland, though it would not disclose ... -
Eighth infection is imported case, says gov’t
Eight people in Macau have now been confirmed with the novel coronavirus, information from the city’s health authority shows. The latest case, a local retired woman, ... -
Suspected duo clean from coronavirus, leaving infected at 7
Two possible cases of the novel coronavirus reported earlier today – a local nurse and a foreign worker from Hubei – have been tested and proved ... -
Sulu Sou says it’s unreasonable for schools to ask teachers to congregate
It is unreasonable for some schools to require their teaching staff to meet on-site to discuss students’ assignments during the extra holiday period mandated by the ... -
Gov’t now focused on sourcing masks for children
The number of confirmed cases in Macau of the novel coronavirus, now referred to as 2019-nCoV, was unchanged today at seven, according to information disclosed during ... -
2019-nCoV | Civil servants exempted from work Thursday, Friday
Civil servants who work in non-emergency services are exempted from work this Thursday and Friday as part of measures to prevent the spread of the ...
