Promotions for foreign tourists to include buy-one-get-one-free offers and tour group packages; campaign will be coordinated with resumption of Air Macau’s international routes.
Ou Mun Tin Toi
Taking all reasonable precautions and eating and exercising sensibly key for anyone affected by novel coronavirus.
Number of people testing positive expected to remain high for now; low possibility of retesting positive within 3-6 months.
Only 6% of city’s 6,600 medical facilities’ beds currently occupied by positive cases; at least 10% of Macao’s frontline workers have tested positive for Covid-19.
Alvis Lo acknowledges that under new anti-Covid-19 landscape, official statistics tend to underestimate the ‘real’ number of cases in Macao.
Three consecutive NATs showing negative results no longer a requirement to enter Macao; single negative NAT sufficient.
World Health Organization warns China’s zero-case strategy is unsustainable and shifting strategies is of utter importance.
Officials plan to extend reach of inoculation programme as almost three-quarters of residents have had at least one jab.
Chairman Andy Wu Keng Kuong laments poor handling by government, saying industry has been worn out by two years’ pandemic.
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