The Health Bureau (SSM) is carrying out special chikungunya-prevention measures targeting the city’s construction sites in the wake of the recent detection of three chikungunya cases in neighbouring Guangdong Province the patients of which are non-resident workers from a construction site in Macau’s Zone A land reclamation area, according to separate SSM statements issued yesterday and on Monday.
The statements did not reveal the whereabouts of the three patients, i.e., whether they are currently in Guangdong or Macau.
The bureau announced on Monday night that Guangdong’s health authorities had notified the bureau about the three cases, after which the bureau confirmed that the three patients are non-resident workers working at the construction site in Zone A, in response to which the bureau had meanwhile carried out mosquito control operations in the construction site.
The bureau announced last night that it has, in collaboration with several other public entities, launched various special measures to prevent chikungunya targeting the city’s construction sites.
The measures for construction sites include strengthening mosquito control operations and the elimination of stagnant water.
The bureau also announced yesterday that Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam inspected the concerned construction site in Zone A yesterday where she was briefed by officials about the ongoing special prevention measures implemented for the construction site and other sites in Zone A.
Meanwhile, the bureau also announced last night that Macau recorded this year’s sixth imported case of chikungunya fever yesterday.
The patient is a 66-year-old local man who works in Cotai but lives in Zhuhai. He travelled with his colleagues to Sri Lanka for a working visit between July 7 and 18. After returning to Macau alone, he came down with various symptoms from July 21, before seeking treatment on Monday.
He was diagnosed with chikungunya fever by the Health Bureau’s Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
A building contractor (front, left) yesterday briefs Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Wallis O Lam (front, second from right) about the ongoing mosquito control measures implemented for construction sites in Zone A. – Photo: SSM
