Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre confirmed today the city's 59th COVID-19 case, a local resident who arrived back from Germany via Paris and Singapore yesterday.
According to a statement by the centre, the patient has been classified as an imported case.
The 31-year-old patient studies in Germany. He told the local authorities that had not been diagnosed with COVID-19 before and not been vaccinated against the disease.
The student tested negative for COVID-19 in Germany on Wednesday. He travelled by train from Germany to Paris on Friday where he took Singapore Airlines flight SQ335 to Singapore, seat number 48A. Last night he took a transfer flight by Scoot to Macau, seat number 20A.
Upon arrival in Macau last night, he was immediately taken to the special emergency ward of the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital because he was running a mild fever. His first nasopharyngeal swab was inconclusive, the statement said. A follow-up nucleic acid test (NAT) today confirmed his COVID-19 infection.
The statement described his condition as "stable", but he was still running a fever. He is undergoing follow-up diagnoses and treatments, the statement said.
The centre said in a follow-up statement that the patient has been diagnosed with the Delta variant.
Macau confirmed three imported cases over the weekend, two yesterday and one today. Yesterday's two patients were diagnosed with the Alpha variant.
Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case on January 22 last year. All of the cases have been classified by the centre as imported or "linked to imported" cases, and there has been no fatality.
