26 hotels closed over COVID-19 threat: govt

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced today that the number of hotels and guesthouses temporarily closed because of a lack of guests and personnel due to the COVID-19 epidemic has reached 26. According to official statistics, Macau had 123 hotels and guesthouses at the end of last year. Among the 26 units, three closed their doors today. MGTO official Ines Chan Lou announced the figures during a daily press conference by the Novel Coronavirus Response and

February 12, 2020 | BY admin

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Govt sells 1 million facemasks in 1 day

Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre said that more than one million government-arranged facemasks were sold today, the first day of the third round of facemaks sold by the government at the fixed price of 8 patacas (US$1) to local residents and non-resident workers. Macau has a population of about 680,000, including nearly 200,000 non-resident workers, most of them from the Chinese mainland and the Philippines. Under the government's purchase scheme, each

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One more COVID-19 patient discharged from Macau hospital

One more novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient in Macau has been discharged, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at his daily press conference about the viral menace today. According to Health Bureau (SSM) officials, the 21-year-old teacher from Wuhan was discharged today after 16 days in isolation treatment at the public Conde de S. Januario Hospital Centre. She was the second COVID-19 patient to have been discharged.The first patient, a 52-year-hold housewife

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WHO names novel coronavirus as 'COVID-19'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in Geneva on Tuesday that "COVID-19" will be the official name of the novel coronavirus. The print edition of The Macau Post Daily reported the name change on its front page today. The WHO had earlier given the virus the temporary name "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease" and the National Health Commission (NHC) in Beijing earlier this week said it was temporarily calling it "novel coronavirus pneumonia"

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Govt starts selling facemasks for kids today

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) situation, Lei Wai Seng, clinical director of the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, said that the government will launch the third round of its facemask purchase scheme – at the fixed price of eight patacas for 10 facemasks for local residents and non-resident workers – today, which includes facemasks designed for children for the first time. Under the scheme, the first and

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Man devises kidnapping plot to make victim ‘feel she owes him’

A 41-year-old local man who owns a “car beauty shop” devised a plot in which he got three men to kidnap his former secondary school classmate, who is now a married businesswoman, so that after he paid the ransom, she would feel she owes him and admires him, but the police suspect the whole setup was a scam.Four men have been arrested in the case, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a special press conference yesterday.According to Ho, all the four suspects are locals – the

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Improve communication, be positive during NCP crisis: psychologist

As there have been a lot rumours and fake news about the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) threat, citizens should make good use of this “staying-at-home period” to enhance communication with each other, learn to think positive and reflect and treasure this period of time as a “motivation in our life”, Macau Psychology Research Society General Director Chan Kam Kun said in a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily this week.Chan emphasised the importance of keeping peace of mind and a

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Galaxy rolls out subsidy scheme for schools, nurseries

Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) said yesterday that it is launching a subsidy scheme for local schools and children at non-government subsidised nurseries amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic.   In a statement yesterday, GEG said that the subsidy scheme, initiated by the Galaxy Entertainment Group Foundation, would provide a one-off subsidy of 30,000 patacas to over 30 local schools to carry out necessary infection prevention measures, and a one-off subsidy of 2,000

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CTM says network usage soared 30 pct during ‘staying-at-home’ period

Telecom operator CTM said that network usage has increased by 30 percent in the past two weeks compared with the peak of ordinary days as the government urges people to stay at home, work at home and learn at home, as part of its effort to tackle the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic. In a statement yesterday, CTM said that it had increased its network resources before the Chinese New Year holiday, including expansion of its broadband network and overseas bandwidth to cater for a

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Sands donates 500,000 facemasks to govt

Gaming operator Sands China yesterday donated 500,000 facemasks to the government to support its battle against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic.  The company said in a statement yesterday that Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U accepted the first batch of 300,000 facemasks on behalf of the government at one of the company’s integrated resorts, The Parisian Macao, yesterday.  “Our thoughts are with the entire local community during this

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Govt to start selling facemasks for kids tomorrow

The government said today that it will start selling facemasks for children aged between three and eight tomorrow. The measure was announced during the daily press conferrence by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre about the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) threat. According to the new arrangement, parents or legal guardians can buy 5 facemasks for children and five for adults at the fixed price of eight patacas every 10 days. It is the first time that the

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Anonymous to attack Macau computers on Thursday: police

The international hacktivist group Anonymous plans to launch a cyberattack against China - including Macau - on Thursday in support of Tibet's pro-independence movement, the director of the IT and Telecommunications Coordination Department of the Judiciary Police (PJ), Chan Si Cheng, told the Portuguese radio station of government-owned broadcaster TDM earlier this week.According to Chan,  Anonymous recently announced in a video on Twitter the aim of the "politically motivated"

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Health chief warns Macau still faces ‘serious’ NCP threat, admits possible ‘hidden’ cases

Addressing yesterday’s daily press conference about Macau’s novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) situation, Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said that no new NCP cases having been confirmed in Macau for six consecutive days shows that the local government’s measures against the virus have started to deliver results.However, he was quick to add that his did not mean that the epidemic in Macau has eased. He stressed that the city is still facing a serious threat from the virus.The

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Over 900 Macau students affected by Taiwan’s entry ban

A total of 926 Macau students have been affected as Taiwan has suddenly imposed an entry ban on Hong Kong and Macau residents as the island’s pro-independence administration is further tightening travel restrictions amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) epidemic, the Higher Education Bureau (DSES) said in a statement yesterday. The Taiwan authorities announced earlier yesterday that Hong Kong and Macau residents would be temporarily barred from entering the island from midnight. They

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