‘Preliminarily’ confirmed Filipina COVID-19 patient in HK lunched at local Jollibee

‘Preliminarily’ confirmed Filipina COVID-19 patient in HK lunched at local Jollibee, shopped at S. Domingos Market for 4 daysA 40-year-old Filipina who has been “preliminarily” confirmed by the Hong Kong authorities to have been infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) visited Macau last week, and during her six-day stay here she had lunch at the Jollibee fast-food eatery in the city centre and bought fresh food at the São Domingos Municipal Market every day for four

March 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau’s 38th COVID-19 case confirmed last night

Macau’s 38th novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case was confirmed by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre late last night, a 44-year-old local man who travelled from the UK via Hong Kong to Macau where he arrived on March 18, when he was taken immediately to the Golden Crown China Hotel opposite the airport for 14 days of medical observation, based on the Health Bureau’s (SSM) mandatory quarantine measures. The patient tested negative for COVID-19 on March 22.

March 30, 2020 | BY admin

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Residents have mixed bag of views on ‘quarantine hotels’

Two shop owners near the San Tung Fong Commercial Inn in the city’s main thoroughfare Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro – the city’s seventh “quarantine hotels’ that opened last Sunday– told The Macau Post Daily early last week that the hotel’s operation as a designated hotel for medical observation would affect their businesses.Macau now has 12 “quarantine hotels” providing about 4,500 rooms.Speaking to The Macau Post Daily last Monday, the female owner of a fruit juice shop near

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IAM to build south shore waterfront green promenade

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has announced a “green promenade” project involving a series of sports and recreation facilities along the peninsula’s south shore waterfront will start next month. The large-scale project was announced by the bureau on Friday.According to an IAM statement, the project will be launched in response to the public’s long-standing calls to beautify Nape’s shoreline. The statement also said that the project was in line with the government’s intention of

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Resident returning from Philippines becomes 34th novel coronavirus case

The Macau government announced on Friday the city’s 34th novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case, a local resident who returned with his two children from visiting his wife in the Philippines on March 18. According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Prevention Centre, the 43-year-old man travelled to the Philippines with his son and daughter in November to visit his wife in Manila. On March 18, he and his two children took Cathay Pacific Airways flight CX902 (business

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AFA’s 1st exhibition 2020 shows ‘New Generation ．New Media’

A new solo media art exhibition entitled “Floating World” by local artist Kit Lee is being held at the Macau Art For All Society (AFA) gallery, organised by AFA and partly sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). This is the first part of AFA’s “New Generation ．New Media” exhibition series this year.According to an AFA statement, it is Lee’s first solo exhibition, and she has been working in multimedia design since she returned to Macau in 2014.Lee and Alice Kok,

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Macau confirms 3 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday

2 cases imported from Portugal, 1 from the UK The Macau government announced on Saturday three more confirmed COVID-19 cases, which brought the total to 37.According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Control Centre, the 36th and 37th cases have been classified as imported. The 36th patient is a 21-year-old male local resident who returned from Portugal. On March 13, he took Emirates Airways flight EK194 (seat 40A) from Lisbon with a stopover in Dubai where he took

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Macau sets up US$1.25 billion COVID-19 impact support fund

The Macau government has announced the setting-up of a 10 billion pataca (US$1.25 billion) fund to support residents and businesses in urgent need of financial assistance due to the devastating impact of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-10) on the local economy. The government announced the establishment of the fund on Saturday. According to the statement, the fund is earmarked for those struggling to make ends meet or run their business owing to the COVID-19 crisis. The fund

March 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Airmail suspended to some countries: Macau post office

The Macau Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) has announced that due to the reduction or cancellation of flights to a number of destination in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, airmail services to major destinations have been suspended.According to a statement by the bureau yesterday, currently only surface mail is available for postal shipments from Macau to Ireland, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. However, apart from surface mail, Express Mail Service (EMS) deliveries are still

March 29, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 36th and 37th COVID-19 cases

The Macau government announced today that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen by two more to 37.According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Control Centre, the two imported cases - both involving local residents who returned from Portugal - were confirmed today.The 36th patient is a 21-year-old male local resident who returned from Portugal. On March 13, he took Emirates Airways flight EK194 (seat 40A) from Lisbon with a stopover in Dubai where he took flight

March 28, 2020 | BY admin

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UM to resume on-campus undergraduate courses on April 20

The public University of Macau (UM) announced today that it will resume its on-campus courses on April 20 for undergraduate course for students graduating this year.  According to a UM statement, "the university has decided that bachelor's [degree] students graduating this academic year will resume classes on April 20 and that bachelor's [degree] students not graduating this academic year will continue with distance learning until the end of this semester," adding that

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Macau's jobless rate rises during COVID-19 epidemic

Macau's general unemployment rate for December 2019-February 2020 was 1.9 percent, while the unemployment rate of local residents was 2.6 percent, up by 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points respectively from the previous period (November 2019-January 2020), the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced today. Macau's economy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic since late January. Macau's  labour force was 398,400, according to the bureau's latest employment survey covering

March 28, 2020 | BY admin

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Macau confirms 35th COVID-19 case, imported from UK

The Macau government announced today the city's 35th novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case, a 19-year-old local resident who returned from the UK via Hong Kong yesterday.According to a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, the patient took Virgin Atlantic Airways flight VS206 (seat 21G) from London to Hong Kong yesterday. He took a special bus arranged by the Macau Tourism Crisis Management Office to Macau directly from the airport to Macau via the Hong

March 28, 2020 | BY admin

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Sands' Sheraton becomes Macau's 12th 'quarantine hotel'

Sands’ huge Sheraton Grand hotel in Macau’s Cotai gaming precinct has become the city’s 12th “quarantine hotel”, the government announced yesterday. According to a statement by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), the mega-hotel will be temporarily used as a “designated hotel for quarantine and medical observation” starting yesterday.  The statement notes that the Sheraton Grand “is a mega-hotel complex connected to a shopping mall, restaurants as well as other

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