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(Infographics) The 12th round of Citywide Nucleic Acid Testing Programme (From 20 July to 21 July 2022)
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In line with the SAR Government’s epidemic prevention and control measures, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) closed its cultural facilities and suspended all cultural activities and external services. In view of the pandemic impact, the 40^th Macao Young Musicians Competition will be postponed. The Competition will be rescheduled and announced in due course.
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With regard to the 11^th round of citywide NAT programme, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announces the following:
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A traffic incident happened yesterday (18 July) on Xiangshun Road near Lot 1 of the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) project construction site in Hengqin. A cement sand mortar worker was hit by a cement mixer truck, and was pronounced dead after being brought to the hospital for emergency services. Sociedade de Desenvolvimento do Novo Bairro de Macau (Hengqin, Zhuhai), Limitada (the Company) is highly concerned about the incident and is deeply saddened by it.
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According to the Health Bureau, at around 20:00 yesterday (18 July), a 76-year-old female elderly in Edf. Fai Fu located in the Red Code zone suffered from an acute ischemic stroke, presenting with hemiplegia, aphasia and unconsciousness, and required immediate hospital admission for vascular interventional surgery.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals declined by 36.6% month-on-month to 380,671 in June 2022, on account of the tightened cross-boundary measures between Zhuhai and Macao as local confirmed cases of coronavirus infection were reported in mid-June; the figure also represented a drop of 28.0% year-on-year. Numbers of same-day visitors (199,881) and overnight visitors (180,790) decreased by 36.2% and 15.9% year-on-year respectively. The average length of stay of visitors shortened by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.1 days; the duration for overnight visitors (2.2 days) went down by 0.7 day, whereas that for same-day visitors (0.1 day) remained unchanged.
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The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) received a call for help last night (18 July) saying that the drains of a food establishment of Edf. Kat Cheong in Rua Dois do Bairro Iao Hon were blocked and there was a backflow of sewage, and immediately followed up on the issue. Since the location is within a Red Code Zone, IAM consulted the health departments about their opinions and had the drainage staff strictly abiding by the pandemic prevention guidelines and wearing protective equipment such as anti-epidemic clothing, face shields and masks as they carried out drainage inspection and clearance in the Red Code Zone overnight.
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The 2022 Guangdong & Macao Branded Products Fair (2022GMBPF), which is jointly organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and was originally scheduled for 29-31 July, is postponed due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the SAR Government’s epidemic prevention and control measures. The exact date will be announced later.
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In response to cases of misinterpretation as to which recipient groups may benefit from the exemption from the Citywide Nucleic Acid Test, the Social Welfare Bureau hereby makes the following clarification:
seniors and persons with disabilities who are able to move freely must undergo the city-wide nucleic acid tests; ; only those seniors or disabled persons with mobility difficulties and require the assistance of others are eligible for the exemption from the 11th to 13th round Citywide Nucleic Acid Test. All residents bearing yellow Health Code are not entitled to the exemption.
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