The local government announced yesterday the immediate setting-up of a centre tasked with responding to the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak and coordinating the local authorities’ measures to tackle the public health menace.
According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre is also responsible for coordinating the measures by public and private entities in the prevention, control or treatment of any infection that might occur in Macau linked to the newly-identified coronavirus from Wuhan.
The centre was created yesterday by order of Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, who will directly supervise it. The announcement of the centre’s establishment was made during a press conference headed by Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U, who is the centre’s vice chairperson. Ho’s executive order was gazetted yesterday.
Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U addresses yesterday’s press conference at the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre about the government’s measures to tackle the Wuhan pneumonia virus threat. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
