Macau govt update on COVID-19 entry curbs

Macau recorded 606,841 visitor arrivals in April, a month-on-month increase of 15.2 percent thanks to the easing of COVID-19 entry curbs, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. However, the year-on-year figure was down 23.7 percent. Macau has been impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic since January 2020. Overnight visitors (180,938) fell 59.8 percent year on year, while same-day visitors (425,903) rose 23.7 percent. Due to the increase in same-day visitors

Prices of frozen meat from Brazil could increase by 40 to 50 percent due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that has caused the shutdown of more than 10 percent of meat factories in Brazil, Macau Union Suppliers Association Chairman Ip Sio Man told reporters yesterday.Ip, who owns the local supermarket chain “Vang Kei”, made the comment on the sidelines of a press conference organised by the Macau Zhi Gong Association at Hotel Beverly Plaza where the group released a song to express