SSM reaffirms position on zero-Covid target

Zero-Covid policy is the “best option for Macau and should be continued,” pulmonologist Alvis Lo, director of the Health Bureau (SSM), said yesterday on a TDM radio show.

China labels WHO remarks on ‘zero-Covid’ ‘irresponsible’

China today (Wednesday) defended sticking to its strict "zero-COVID" approach, calling critical remarks from the head of the World Health Organization "irresponsible." The response from the Foreign Ministry came after WHO

Health authorities hope special needs patients can be cared by family

Local health authorities hope that family members of patients with reduced mobility or that need special care can be on the frontline as their caretakers in

Shanghai re-tightens restrictions, frustrating trapped residents

The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than

Shanghai tightens lockdown despite falling cases

Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened anti-virus restrictions, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

Hong Kong reopens beaches, Beijing relaxes quarantine rules

Hong Kong reopened beaches and pools yesterday in a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, while China’s capital Beijing began easing quarantine rules for arrivals from overseas.

Gov’t to reward elderly with coupons for jabs

Despite previous refusals to issue financial rewards for vaccination, the government announced yesterday that it will give coupons to seniors who receive vaccinations from this month.

Health Code drops ‘shield’ to free up space for rapid antigen test results

The local Health Code has been recently optimized to include the display of rapid antigen test results, as well as a new platform for the submission

Beijing preps hospital spaces, though new cases low

Beijing is preparing new hospital facilities to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases, even though the numbers of new cases remain low. State media

Shanghai outbreak shows signs of waning as cases fall

The COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down most of Shanghai appears to be waning, with the number of new cases falling below 10,000 a day over the

Gov’t hints at MOP120 million being spent on quarantine NATs to date

The local government is estimated to have spent around 120 million patacas on nucleic acid tests (NAT) alone, undertaken by those in Macau quarantine since

Half-price coronavirus tests in quarantine for students abroad

Local residents currently studying full-time at schools and universities abroad will be granted a 50% discount on the nucleic acid tests (NAT) to be undertaken during

Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules

  The city of 21 million has already ordered three rounds of mass testing this week, with the third coming Friday. Yesterday, the city’s Education Bureau

Surging sales at McDonald’s offsets trouble in China, Russia

Higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID-19 restrictions elsewhere helped McDonald’s offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. Revenue rose 11% to $5.66

Gov’t will not deliver supplies if there is a mass Covid-19 outbreak

The government will not organize the central delivery of supplies for affected residents in the event of a mass outbreak of Covid-19 in Macau, Secretary

Shanghai seeks ‘societal zero Covid’ with rounds of testing

Shanghai city authorities said yesterday they will start rounds of COVID-19 testing over the next few days to determine which neighborhoods can safely be allowed a limited

Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands mass testing

Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing yesterday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to

Beijing districts placed under lockdown as cases mount

Beijing began testing millions of residents and shutting down residential and business districts yesterday amid a new outbreak of COVID-19. While only 70 cases have

Hong Kong Disney opens as Covid eases; Shanghai deaths rise

Hong Kong relaxed pandemic restrictions yesterday, with Disneyland and museums reopening and night time restaurant dining resuming as the city’s worst COVID-19 outbreak appears to be fading.

Shanghai allows four million out of homes as virus rules ease

Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes yesterday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary

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