Tag: Covid-19
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Health Bureau stresses 11th case is not very contagious
The Director of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, has stressed that the public need not worry about the latest Covid-19 infection in Macau because the ... -
The Latest: Vegas casinos and resorts to close amid pandemic
The Latest on financial markets (all times local): 10:00 a.m. The owners of iconic Las Vegas casinos such as Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas are shutting ... -
Macau records new Covid-19 imported case
Macau has recorded a new imported case of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The imported case of the virus was diagnosed in a 26-year-old, female non-resident worker of ... -
For Chinese, US visa halt puts jobs, citizen hopes at risk
Courtney Huang fell in love with the U.S. as a nursing student in Texas. She ended up staying 13 years and wants to become a U.S. ... -
Macau among Guangdong residents travel wish list after Covid-19
Macau is one of the city’s most popular tourism destinations among those who live in Guangdong province, particularly once Covid-19 is gone, according to a report ... -
25 Macau students ‘flee’ from Portugal
A total of 25 Macau residents who are currently studying in Portugal have already boarded a flight to Hong Kong aiming to return to Macau later ... -
Covid-19 | World walls off as leaders warn viral pandemic will worsen
People around the world became increasingly closed off from one another Thursday as sweeping travel bans accelerated, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds and ... -
Editorial | Eight weeks
It’s eight weeks since the first contagion of the new virus was detected in Macau. Over this period the community has given a tremendous example to ... -
WHO declares that virus crisis is now a pandemic
Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday (early today, in Macau) that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros ... -
Flu and coronavirus: Similar symptoms, different fears
Is it the flu, a cold or the new coronavirus? Patients and doctors alike are parsing signs of illness to figure out who needs what tests ... -
The Latest: Merkel: Virus will infect up to 70% of Germans
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is citing expert estimates that up to 70% of the population could ... -
The Latest: Italy puts 60 million in lockdown
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe (all times local): 4 p.m. The Italian government is assuring its citizens that supermarkets ... -
The Latest: Death toll rises in Iran from new coronavirus
ROME — The Latest on the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Iran says the new coronavirus has killed another 43 people, ... -
Mission Hubei: 57 Macau residents arrived at Taipa airport
Fifty-seven Macau residents, out of a total of 31 households, have arrived safely today (Saturday) at the Taipa airport at around 6:20pm. They all have already ... -
US cruise ship in limbo as anti-virus controls spread
BEIJING — Officials in California were deciding today (Saturday) where to dock a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus cases aboard and four U.S. universities canceled in-person ... -
59 Macau residents expected to land in Taipa between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
A total of 59 Macau residents are expected to land at the Macau International Airport (MIA) between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, Director of ... -
The Latest: Swiss officials confirm first coronavirus death
5:30 p.m. Authorities in Switzerland say a 74-year-old woman infected with COVID-19 has died, the first death due to the new virus reported in the country. ... -
New Thai travel restrictions target those who set foot in Macau
An announcement Tuesday from Thailand’s Public Health Ministry designated eleven countries and territories as high-risk areas for Covid-19. The territories and countries referenced are the special ... -
What’s Happening: Virus closes schools, Bond postponed
More authorities are considering widespread school closures among a raft of measures being taken around the world to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.These are ... -
Tourism, health chiefs inspect venues about to reopen
The director of the Macau Government Tourism Office, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, and the director of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, inspected several entertainment ... -
As virus spreads, other countries can learn from China
As the new coronavirus spread rapidly in central China, the country’s authoritarian government took a very authoritarian step: It ordered the unprecedented lockdown of 60 million ... -
Medical tests at border may include Macau residents
The Macau SAR government has indicated the possibility of also requiring mandatory medical examinations and tests performed at Macau’s medical checkpoints for Macau local residents. During ... -
Desperate to stop coronavirus’ spread, countries limit travel
Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, guests were confined to their rooms in a hotel in the Canary Islands, governments issued travel warnings and more flights ... -
Gaming | Epidemic outbreak the ‘most difficult’ time in a decade
The gaming industry is expected to enter a “difficult time” if travel restrictions among tourists from mainland China persist, according to Sands China President Wilfred Wong. ... -
Taxi and cosmetics sectors ask for government help
The city’s cosmetics industry and taxi industry have both asked the government to help them. The Macao Beauty Industry Business Association said it received complaints from ... -
Iran reports two more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus
Iranian health authorities today (Friday) reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new ... -
Macau residents in Hubei complain about being unable to return
Some Macau residents who are currently in Hubei have expressed their unhappiness towards the fact that the Macau local government is unable to help them returning ... -
Covid-19: New threats emerge in outbreak while China voices optimism
Chinese health officials expressed new optimism over a deadly virus outbreak while authorities in South Korea’s fourth-largest city urged residents to hunker down as fears nagged ... -
Casinos to reopen Thursday
Macau casinos will reopen to the public on Thursday midnight, as previously indicated by the government. That is according to a dispatch published today in the ... -
Two recover from Covid-19, five others with good prognosis
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center informed yesterday that another two patients that were being treated for the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Macau have been discharged ... -
China reports major drop in new virus cases, 143 new deaths
China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases today (Saturday) while the government announced new anti-disease measures as businesses reopen following sweeping controls ... -
Editorial | The dawn of a new era?
Nothing will be the same after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus that infected mainland China and the world with an epidemic disease (recently dubbed Covid-19), ...
