Tag: Quarantine
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Mainland quarantined can enter Macau during three-day self-management period
People subject to medical observation on the mainland can only enter Macau through a land border checkpoint after completing their medical observation quarantine, within the following ... -
Health authorities clarify isolation criteria
Local health authorities have recently clarified the criteria that allow previously infected persons to leave isolation and return to the community, as well as the requirement ... -
Tourism board has no data on budgeting for third-party inspectors
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) had no idea how much money had been used on third-party quarantine hotel inspectors and quarantine hotels, a representative from ... -
Hotel quarantine shortened to two weeks for Macau residents
The Health Bureau has just announced that from March 28, all entrants from non-mainland Chinese locations will have their quarantine period shortened to 14 days, although ... -
VIRUS DIARY | He draws, and a world opens up for his mother
I cannot draw. I am unable to sketch anything past the outlines of a simple flower or a house no one would want to live in. ... -
Drive In | In ‘Painter and the Thief,’ an unlikely friendship
The documentary “The Painter and the Thief” has a few wrinkles to add to the old Picasso adage that great artists steal. “The Painter and the ... -
Branson’s Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit failed yesterday [Macau time] in its first test launch of a new rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over ... -
One Good Thing | Indonesian choreographers provide digital stage for dancers
Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived, 2020 seemed fated to be a great year for Siko Setyanto’s dance career: touring Germany and South Korea, performances in Indonesia, ... -
Author Murakami DJs ‘Stay Home’ radio show to lift spirits
Acclaimed Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, hosting a special radio show from home, painted a brighter side of the world with his favorite music, and said the ... -
Detective, nurse, confidant: Virus tracers play many roles
Health investigator Mackenzie Bray smiles and chuckles as she chats by phone with a retired Utah man who just tested positive for the coronavirus. She’s trying ... -
One Good Thing | Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers
Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work — for New ... -
Beaches, nightclubs? Europe mulls how to get tourists back
The Mediterranean resort town of Ayia Napa is known for its boisterous parties. Each summer, thousands of young foreign tourists pack the dance floors of its ... -
Sri Lanka newlyweds cancel wedding party, help poor instead
As couples do all over the world, Darshana Kumara Wijenarayana and his fiance, Pawani Rasanga, spent months planning a grand wedding. And everything was on course ... -
Drive In | A grotesque, inglorious look at Capone’s last year
Al Capone lived out his final years on a grand estate in Palm Island, Florida, with his wife, Mae, by his side and grandchildren running around ... -
Retirees, isolated by virus, become DJs for new radio hour
Tucked away inside his room at a senior care facility, Bob Coleman knew he couldn’t go out into the world with the coronavirus raging. But he ... -
The architect of rock ‘n’ roll | Jagger, Dylan react to death of Little Richard
Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black ... -
Court: ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ is Seinfeld’s show
Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” was his creation despite copyright claims by a one-time collaborator who helped direct the first episode, an appeals court ... -
Drive In | An out-of-this-world experiment in ‘Spaceship Earth’
During lockdown, have you taken a moment to appreciate that at least you’re not quarantined with eight free-thinking adventurers in a terrarium of depleting oxygen levels? ... -
Rugby: Sam Cane named All Blacks captain, succeeding Kieran Read
Sam Cane has been selected as the New Zealand All Blacks captain, succeeding Kieran Read, who retired from test rugby after last year’s World Cup. New ... -
Technology | Here come Covid-19 tracing apps – and privacy trade-offs
As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help ... -
tTunes | Lucinda Williams channels her anger into song
Lucinda Williams has come up with an album for our times — at least if you’re as angry as she is. “Good Souls, Better Angels” is ... -
Drive In | A six-decade romance story in ‘A Secret Love’
Terry Donahue, the subject of the new Netflix documentary “ A Secret Love,” was a catcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Yes, kind of like ... -
Emerging from lockdown: ‘46 days in the house was enough’
From the United States to Europe and Asia, people in many parts of the world are emerging from their homes as virus-related restrictions begin to ease ... -
Streaming films eligible for Oscars, but for one year only
Movies that debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Oscars, but only for this year. The Academy of Motion ... -
Obituary | Irrfan Khan, of ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ dies
Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police ... -
Asian celebs work to combat racist attacks amid pandemic
Actress Olivia Cheng was recently volunteering in Vancouver when she says she witnessed a man drive up to an elderly Chinese woman, roll down his window ... -
Drive In | ‘Beastie Boys Story’ isn’t a sure shot, but it’ll do
Little was predictable about the Beastie Boys in their three-plus decades of making music. They were spontaneous, always evolving, off-the-cuff pranksters who turned pro without ever ... -
Diary of Samuel Pepys shows how life under the bubonic plague mirrored today
In early April, writer Jen Miller urged New York Times readers to start a coronavirus diary. “Who knows,” she wrote, “maybe one day your diary will ... -
Drive In | Hemsworth finds a worthy action pic in ‘Extraction’
Tyler Rake sounds like a Mad-Libs action hero name. When you add to the mix that this character actually, literally kills someone with a rake, it ... -
Pandemic and chill | Netflix adds a cool 16 million subscribers
Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world’s most ... -
Book It | ‘Rules for Being a Girl’ leaves readers wanting more
In “Rules for Being a Girl,” by bestselling authors Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno, high school student Marin Lospato becomes the victim of a teacher’s sexual ... -
tTunes | New Shelby Lynne album connected to unreleased film
There’s hardly a song among the 11 on Shelby Lynne’s first solo record since 2015 that fails to mention love, and even the exceptions stay on ... -
Books, dance lessons, ‘Sopranos’ — freebies abound online
We might not be totally free these days, but there’s a lot out there that is. Companies like Pure Barre and Peloton are offering free access ... -
Inner Engineering online – yoga and meditation course for free
Best-selling author, visionary, and leading authority on yoga and meditation, Sadhguru is offering his online Inner Engineering program free of charge to healthcare providers during the ... -
UK youth orchestra plays ‘Ode to Joy’ alone but together
A nationwide lockdown didn’t stop Britain’s National Youth Orchestra from making music — alone but together. With the country in its fourth week of isolation to ...
