Covid-19 | Foreign ID discrepancies cause of absent test results, says SSM

Discrepancies between passports and blue cards were the main reason some foreigners, mainly non-resident workers, could not get their mass test results posted on their health code, local health authorities have explained.
The explanation was given yesterday at the regular health press briefing by Dr Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of Vaccination Operation of the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center, as over 7,000 residents have yellow health codes.
After the conclusion of the citywide polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing scheme, some foreigners who participated could not get their results posted on their health code, even after the health authorities announced that all samples had been processed.
It was explained that the center relied on test-takers’ Macau IDs or their passports as proof of identity. However, as the scheme began abruptly last Wednesday, some test-takers managed to register with their non-resident worker IDs (blue cards).
Affected individuals will be required to take the test again at their own cost unless they can resolve the discrepancies between their health code data and the test data.
They may call 6333 7492 or 6333 7593 for enquiries.

Gov’t traces bus 17 & 19 passengers
As part of the tracing for close contacts, the government is now in search of bus passengers who were on the same bus rides at two particular times.
Passengers who took bus route No. 17 between 4:36 p.m. and 5:23 p.m. on July 27 from Estrada de Coelho do Amaral to Federal Restaurant in Nam Kwong Building, and those on the same route between 8:26 p.m. and 9:03 p.m. on August 1 from Kiang Wu Hospital to Avenida da Longevidade, are asked to contact the government.
Meanwhile, those who took bus route No. 19 between 10:11 p.m. and 11 p.m. on August 1 from Border Gate to Rua de Dom Belchior Carneiro should also contact the government.
The government will announce a list of Macau Pass numbers that were used to take the aforementioned bus rides.

Zhengzhou case confirmed only after eight tests

A Covid-19 patient was only diagnosed after eight polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests conducted over eight consecutive days, Li Huifang, deputy secretary-general of the Zhengzhou Municipal Government of China said on Saturday.
The patient is a doctor at the Sixth People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou. The doctor went under centralized handling on July 31 and was quarantined centrally on August 6.
Li emphasized the intensity of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 using this case. “This case is a complete proof that the Delta variant is highly contagious and covert, with atypical preliminary symptoms,” she said. “It is [harder to manage for] our testing and diagnosis mechanism.”

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