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In response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Macao since 18 June, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced yesterday (25 June) that all people in Macao are required to take one rapid antigen test for COVID-19 (hereinafter referred to as the “rapid antigen test”) on 25 and 26 June respectively.
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Recently members of the public received calls from unknown people who claimed that the people receiving the calls had been tested positive in the NAT and their respective health codes were about to be changed to "yellow codes". The callers requested the people receiving the calls to provide personal information for identity verification so that they could be sent to the makeshift hospital for isolation later.
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The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) has produced a step-by-step video tutorial to familiarize the elderly with the process of registering the results of rapid antigen tests on the ‘Rapid Antigen Test Reporting Platform’. The video can be found at the following link: https://youtu.be/wuCVNiW5ZyM. It is hoped that social service organisations and different sectors of the community will help disseminate the video widely so that the elderly can learn to report the test results on their own.
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To response to the epidemic development, to secure public safety and reduce crowd gathering, the Health Bureau announces that, during the period from 27 June to 2 July, the health services provided by the Health Bureau will be arranged as follows:
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To comply with the pandemic prevention work of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, venues such as the parks, gardens and leisure areas in the different districts of Macao managed by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) were closed to the public since 19 June. IAM urges the public to comply with the pandemic prevention work and not to trespass on the enclosed venues, otherwise they will be prosecuted and punished.
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To facilitate pandemic prevention work, the general public service points of the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) remain closed from 27 June to 1 July, while the self-service areas, municipal markets and cemeteries remain open to the public. “IAM Connect” and the Civic Service Hotline 2833 7676 will also remain in service to receive opinions from the public. At the same time, IAM maintains various sanitary inspection services, and continues to carry out cleaning, disinfection and inspections in public places and public facilities.
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announces that in response to the changes of the epidemic situation, the criteria for setting up a lockdown zone (red-coded zone) has been altered from buildings with two COVID-19 positive cases to be subject to control measures, to buildings with two flats or two families (collectively living in more than one room) with positive cases to be subject to control measures.
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To fully support the SAR government's efforts in tackling the epidemic and to ensure public safety, the Judiciary Police will deploy officers to assist anti-epidemic work, increase patrol, as well as strengthen crime prevention.
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In response to the further development of the new coronavirus, the Social Welfare Bureau (SWB) will continue to suspend next week (from 27/6 to 1/7) its services in the main office, the social service centers, and other subordinate. However, urgent services such as Detoxification and Maintenance Treatment Services in the Areia Preta Drug Treatment Centre (Methadone) and in the Carmo (Taipa) Drug Treatment Centre (Methadone) will remain open.
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The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute will continue to suspend most of the public services from 27 June to 1 July. During this period, limited investment residency application service will be available.
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