Tag: Covid-19
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China puts 13 million people in lockdown ahead of Olympics
China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi’an following a spike ... -
Covid-19 | Post-vaccination complications in 14-year-old patient
An adverse case was reported after complications arose from a 14-year-old’s vaccination on Saturday, December 18, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre. The ... -
Pandemic: Fauci says omicron variant is ‘just raging around the world’
The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House’s top medical adviser said today (Sunday), and President Joe Biden is planning to ... -
Breaking News | Pfizer confirms Covid pill’s results, potency versus omicron
Pfizer said this evening (Tuesday) that its experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears effective against the omicron variant. The company also said full results of its ... -
Interview | Visa CEO says Covid caused permanent shift to digital payments
Al Kelly believes there has been a permanent shift in how consumers worldwide pay for goods and services. His 91-year-old parents are a prime example. The ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t pleased with Health Code app usage
Health authorities are reportedly pleased with the rates of usage of the new mobile application (app) that generates local health codes and traces users’ itineraries. In ... -
Covid-19 | More health code upload failures for NAT results
Additional failures in uploading users’ nucleic acid tests (NAT) results to their health codes have been detected, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center admitted yesterday ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t authorizes Sinopharm vaccine for children over three years old
Macau has approved lowering the age limit for China’s inactivated vaccine to three years old, down from 12 years of age, starting from today. According to ... -
Hong Kong authorities report three imported Covid cases: RTHK
Health authorities reported three new imported Covid-19 cases, involving fully-vaccinated people who flew in from the Philippines, Thailand and Saudi Arabia, RTHK reported last night (Thursday). ... -
Border with Zhuhai normalized with quarantine requirement dropped
Fourteen-day quarantine for entrants from Macau to Zhuhai will be lifted noontime tomorrow (Tuesday) if no new Covid-19 infection is detected in Macau by then, the ... -
Immediate prevention status lifted at noon: Gov’t
The Civil Protection Operations Centre announced that the Immediate Prevention Status was terminated at noon today (Friday), in accordance with Chief Executive’s instructions and with Law ... -
Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines
With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & ... -
IMF foresees a slight drop in global growth from pandemic
The International Monetary Fund is slightly downgrading its outlook for the global recovery from the pandemic recession, reflecting the persistence of supply chain disruptions in industrialized ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t enforces NAT tests for certain occupation, racial groups following new cases
Certain occupational and racial groups of individuals – identified as key groups by the Health Bureau (SSM) – have been ordered to take four nucleic acid ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t issues itineraries of cases 76 and 77
Authorities have disclosed the itineraries of the city’s two latest Covid-19 patients, including routes taken to local supermarkets and a restaurant. The Novel Coronavirus Response and ... -
Breaking News | Two new cases of Covid confirmed; tally at 74
Authorities announced today (Monday) two new cases of Covid-19 in the city. The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has revealed that a male, 52, from ... -
STATEMENT | US origins tracing of Covid-19 by intelligence community harmful
On 26 May 2021, US President Joe Biden, taking aim at China, ordered the intelligence community to finish an origins tracing report within 90 days. On 27 August, ... -
Covid-19 | CE urges people to stay calm, pleads to return to normalcy in 14 days
The Chief Executive (CE), Ho Iat Seng has urged people in Macau to stay calm during this period of “immediate prevention status” reassuring that there is ... -
Breaking News: 51st Covid case reported in Macau
Another imported case of Covid-19 was reported just past midnight today (Tuesday) by the health authorities, bringing the local tally to 51 cases. The Novel Coronavirus ... -
Clock is ticking for EU vaccine certificates as summer looms
As strict lockdowns are loosened across Europe and many EU citizens dream about holidays in the sun, the 27-nation bloc has yet to agree on how ... -
Breaking News: Macau’s GGR increases less than expected in April
Macau’s gaming revenue rose less than analysts expected in April, the third straight month that the casino business disappointed as the gambling hub awaits the reopening ... -
The Latest: UK cases drop 60% due to vaccines, lockdown
LONDON — Britain’s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest results from an ... -
Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of Covid
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely ... -
Breaking News: Protest called-off after economy chief hinted at return of consumption card
The Office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance retracted the e-vouchers scheme announcement two weeks ago in a statement published just a few hours before ... -
Sunday protest to get public voice heard, organizer stressed
The Macao Community Development Initiative convened a press conference on March 26 to make plain the intention of the forthcoming protest on March 28 is to ... -
Breaking News: Gov’t following up matters after suspension of BioNTech jab in Macau
The Health Bureau held an online meeting this morning with Fosun Pharma following the company’s request to suspend utilization of a batch of BioNTech-produced COVID-19 vaccines, ... -
Breaking News | BioNtech mRNA vaccine arrives in Macau
The Pfizer/BioNtech mRNA vaccine produced in Germany, and distributed in cooperation with Fosun, arrived this afternoon (Saturday) in Macau and it will be made available to ... -
‘Don’t worry, come forward’: Asian nations get first shots
Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week. Here’s a look at major developments: SOUTH KOREA South Korea’s ... -
Breaking News: China opens visa applications for Macau foreign residents
The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in Macau SAR will gradually start to accept China’s ... -
Year after lockdown, Wuhan dissident more isolated than ever
One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling ... -
Analysis | How to stay safe with a fast-spreading new coronavirus variant on the loose
A fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in at least 22 U.S. states, and people are wondering: How do I protect ... -
47th case: One among 109 returnees tests positive for Covid-19
One of the returnees who arrived in Macau last night (Thursday) tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the government announced. 109 residents from 14 countries returned ... -
Portugal halts flights to UK over virus variant
Portugal is stopping flights to and from the United Kingdom from tomorrow (Saturday), blaming a COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. for a devastating surge ... -
WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
A global team of researchers arrived today (Thursday) in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into ... -
Portugal’s president, 72, tests positive for coronavirus
The office of the Portuguese president says that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has tested positive for the coronavirus although the veteran politician has no symptoms. Rebelo ...
