Govt attaches GBA plan to its ‘5-Year Plan’

Macau recorded a case of pertussis, aka whooping cough, yesterday, this year’s second one, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.Pertussis cases are rare in Macau.According to the statement, the patient is a one-year-old local girl who normally lives in the mainland. She came down with a cough on February 19, because of which she was then taken to a hospital in the mainland for treatment.As her cough persisted, the statement said, the girl was taken to the public Conde

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Lei Tak Fai, who heads the Public Relations Division of the Public Security Police (PSP), said that some 20,000 non-resident workers are covered by the newly-announced exemption from the current 14-day quarantine imposed on non-resident workers from the mainland.The exemption was announced by the Macau government on Saturday.Since February 20, non-resident workers who have been in the