Starting tomorrow, Macau will no longer require masks to be worn outdoors
The Coordination Center for New Coronary Virus Infection of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government stated on the 26th that the epidemic situation in Macao has remained stable in the past two months. Referring to the experience of prevention and control around the world, the measures to wear masks will be adjusted from the 27th. Under normal circumstances, all people staying in outdoor places people are not required to wear masks.
The Response Coordination Center pointed out that people who enter medical institutions, the elderly and rehabilitation homes (except inpatients or service users living in homes), drivers and passengers of public transportation (except taxis) must continue to wear Masks; other indoor places and means of transportation, the competent entity shall evaluate and decide whether to require entry into the place or means of transportation based on factors such as the current epidemic situation, the air circulation in the place or means of transportation, the number and density of people, the nature and duration of activities, etc. People who take the transportation should wear masks; if masks are required, they should be announced or notified in an appropriate way.
However, under certain circumstances, such as large-scale gatherings, cluster infections in nurseries and non-higher education institutions, or the peak of the epidemic in Macao, the organizer or competent entity should require personnel entering the relevant places to wear masks; and when individuals Masks should also be worn when flu-like symptoms such as fever, myalgia, sore throat, cough or runny nose occur; as for infants and young children under 3 years old, they do not need to wear masks when entering any place.
(Headquarters reporter Xiao Zhongren)