Snapshots of city’s daily life during COVID-19

Gaming and junket activities' share of Macau's gross domestic product rose by 0.2 percentage points from 50.7 percent in 2018 to 50.9 percent last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. However, according to a DSEC statement this week, gross value added by gaming and junket activities declined year-on-year in real terms by 2.7 percent last year. The sector's gross value at current prices amounted to 222.507 billion patacas (US$27.8 billion) in 2018 and 222.460 billion

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement yesterday that the internal packaging of a batch of frozen shrimps imported from Indonesia tested positive for COVID-19, but the infected products have meanwhile been destroyed and none of them were sold to Macau’s retail and wholesale markets.The statement underlined that the bureau adopted a contingency plan by sealing and destroying 23 boxes of frozen shrimps after the COVID-19 nucleic acid test (NAT) turned out positive.