Prisca Tang
The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) announced in a statement yesterday that civil servants who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 must display a valid Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) result starting September 27 prior to entering their respective work places.
According to the statement, due to the recent guidelines laid out by the Health Bureau (SSM), the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau decided to implement the measure in which public servants must either display a COVID-19 vaccination record or display an NAT test result that was taken within seven days. The statement pointed out that those unable to show either the inoculation record or the NAT result face disciplinary proceedings for “unexcused absence from work.”
The statement said that the NAT must be taken during non-office hours, adding that those who can show a valid doctor’s note warning them against having a COVID-19 vaccination can have their cost of the NAT test reimbursed.
The statement pointed out that in order to effectively lower the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak in Macau, civil servants should comply with the government’s novel coronavirus prevention and control guidelines. The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau urged all civil servants to get inoculated.
