Covid-19 | Macau reports 55th case, one disease relapse added

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center reported that it had identified one more case of Covid-19 infection yesterday.
The imported case is related to a 22-year-old resident studying in the U.K. who returned to Macau last Saturday.
The infection was detected through a Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) performed, as per the norm, before entry into Macau. The result turned out positive and the resident was immediately taken to isolation to initiate treatment, health authorities informed in a statement.
The patient traveled from the U.K. via Singapore, having presented at negative NAT on July 2 prior to her flight from the U.K., performed one day before.
Before arriving in Macau, she took the Scoot flight TR904 from Singapore, having traveled in seat number 26D, authorities noted.
Additionally, the center reported that another resident traveling on the same flight from Singapore to Macau, originally coming from Switzerland, also tested positive in the NAT upon arrival in Macau.
Unlike the first case, this second resident has been reported as a disease relapse, as he was already reported to have been infected with and recovered from the disease in January while in Switzerland.
According to the center, he also presented a negative NAT when boarding the first flight from Switzerland on July 2 before departing to Singapore. He traveled to Macau on the Scoot flight TR904 on seat number 8D.
Both residents have been transferred to the Public Health Clinical Center from the Health Bureau in Coloane, where they are undergoing further diagnosis and treatment in isolation.