The current wave of the new crown epidemic in Macau has not ended. The day before yesterday, another 90 local confirmed cases were reported. Among them, 60 people were found in the community, and two elderly females died, which was the first local death case. Social and Cultural Secretary Ouyang Yu announced that three more compulsory national inspections will be conducted from today to Saturday, and all 650 samplers from the mainland have arrived in Australia. Ouyang Yu also called on the public to stay at home as much as possible this week, and revealed that if the number of cases continues to rise, a city-wide lockdown is not ruled out.
The Macau government has suspended general public services since the 20th of last month. Ouyang Yu said that limited services will be provided this week. Citizens can make appointments by phone or online. Local banks and financial institutions have also opened some business locations to provide limited services. . The authorities pointed out that there are optimized arrangements for this compulsory inspection, including exemptions for infants and young children aged 0 to 3 years old, and early opening of care stations to facilitate the elderly.
Ouyang Yu also pointed out that he hopes that the business community will cooperate as much as possible, and the operation will be suspended or operated at a minimum in the next week, so that citizens should not go out unless necessary. There are doubts from the outside world that Macau’s casinos have not stopped working during the current wave of the epidemic. The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Li Wei Nong, explained that about 19,000 people in the gaming industry went to work last Thursday, and the number dropped to 8,000 the next day. To take care of people’s livelihood.
Anhui has more than 292 local cases, adding more than 32,000 cases
As for the mainland epidemic, there were 385 local cases the day before yesterday, of which Anhui accounted for the largest number of 292 cases. Si County in the province alone has reported a total of 288 cases; Taiwan recorded 32,567 local cases. The increase was less than 4,000.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/China/Increased 90 confirmed cases and then forced national inspection-Macau does not rule out citywide ban/326777