(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Eligible foreigners can apply for immediate travel between mainland China and Macau
China News Service, Macau, May 4 (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response Coordination Center announced that from 0:00 on May 5, foreigners who have not been to the mainland or other places outside Macau 21 days before entering the country , And it belongs to the exception of family reunion or other close ties with Macau. It can enter Macau with the approval of the health authorities.
Liang Yihao, coordinator of the Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance of the Health Bureau, said that after the implementation of the new measures, foreigners living in Macao for a long time do not need to stay in the Mainland for 21 days after they travel to the Mainland. They can immediately apply to return to Macao to facilitate compliance. People travel between Macau and the Mainland.
In order to cooperate with related applications, the Health Bureau has added an online application link to facilitate applicants to fill in information for the authorities to review.
According to Dai Huahao, the vaccination coordinator of the Health Bureau, there are currently about 7,000 medical personnel in Macau, 4,600 of whom have been vaccinated against the new crown. That is, two-thirds of the medical staff in Australia have been vaccinated, and the vaccination rate is higher than that of the general public.
He urged the public to make an appointment for vaccination as soon as possible to form an immune barrier to protect themselves and their families.
Lan Tonghao, director of the Public Relations Office of the Tourism Bureau, said that in response to the increase in the flow of people during the May 1st holiday, the bureau attaches great importance to epidemic prevention work. Through the tourism bureau’s website, official WeChat and Weibo channels, it promotes various aspects of epidemic prevention to tourists coming to Australia. Measures, and printed the leaflet "Prevention Tips for Mainland Tourists Traveling to Macao" and distributed it at the Tourist Information Counter.
At the same time, additional personnel will be sent to inspect various ports and tourist attractions to continuously monitor the hotel's implementation of epidemic prevention measures.
So far, no violations have been found.
As of May 4, Macau has had no reports of local cases (including asymptomatic infections) for 401 consecutive days, and no new imported cases of overseas cases have been reported for 27 consecutive days.
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