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Macau on alert over family Covid cluster
Macau authorities are on alert after a couple who recently returned from Zhuhai and their two children tested positive for Covid-19. The SAR said it received notification from Zhuhai authorities on Tuesday that samples they collected from two Macau residents the day before had come back positive. Subsequent tests done by Macau health officials also found the couple's son and daughter to be infected. Authorities said the 51-year-old father also recently travelled to Zhongshan, while the daughter was in Xi'an from July 19 to 24. The cases prompted local authorities to put the city under a state of "immediate prevention" from 3.30pm on Tuesday, and anyone who wishes to leave the territory must show a negative test result less than 24 hours old. Officials said the risk of a local outbreak now is "extremely high". Citizens were urged to avoid going to crowded places, and not to leave the city unless it was necessary.Macau has been largely successful in preventing the spread of Covid-19 and has only been recording sporadic infections. The latest development came as the mainland raced to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months.
2021-08-03 17:47:07 (1)
Macau authorities are on alert after a couple who recently returned from Zhuhai and their two children tested positive for Covid-19. The SAR said it received notification from Zhuhai authorities on Tuesday that samples they collected from two Macau residents the day before had come back positive. Subsequent tests done by Macau health officials also found the couple's son and daughter to be infected. Authorities said the 51-year-old father also recently travelled to Zhongshan, while the daughter was in Xi'an from July 19 to 24. The cases prompted local authorities to put the city under a state of "immediate prevention" from 3.30pm on Tuesday, and anyone who wishes to leave the territory must show a negative test result less than 24 hours old. Officials said the risk of a local outbreak now is "extremely high". Citizens were urged to avoid going to crowded places, and not to leave the city unless it was necessary.Macau has been largely successful in preventing the spread of Covid-19 and has only been recording sporadic infections. The latest development came as the mainland raced to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months.
2021-08-03 17:47:07 (1)