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Macau returns to mass COVID-19 testing after cases in neighboring Chinese city

Macau authorities urged COVID-19 testing to be conducted for at least two days after a person was found to have traveled from China's special administrative region to the neighboring city of Zhuhai. I instructed the residents to assume that they were infected with a virus.

The move comes days after Macau began easing its strict COVID-19 control rules, including resuming travel to Zhuhai without quarantine from August 3. rice field.

The Macau government said in a statement that all of the city's 700,000 residents should undergo rapid antigen testing on Sunday and Monday, with the results uploaded to his government website. announced on Sunday.

Thousands of residents near the Macau-Zhuhai border and the Taipa district along Macau's Las Vegas-style Cotai Strip will undergo official nucleic acid testing. There is a need, the government said.

Authorities also locked down the infected person's apartment and the supermarket where he worked.

Macau reopened public services and entertainment venues, allowing dining in restaurants to resume on 2 August.

About 1,800 infections have been reported in the former Portuguese colony since the outbreak began in mid-June. With the worst coronavirus outbreak that has forced casinos to close and locked down most of the city.

Although more than 90% of Macau's residents have been fully vaccinated against her COVID-19, authorities have strictly followed China's zero COVID mandate. A world that is already adapting to coexisting with viruses.