Four new confirmed cases confirmed to be infected with Delta variant virus in Macao

On August 3, the novel coronavirus infection response Coordination Center issued a message confirming that the nucleic acid gene sequencing results of the four new confirmed cases in Macao on the same day confirmed that all four people were infected with the "Delta" mutant strain.

The response Coordination Center has launched a regional and hierarchical accurate prevention and control program to take closure and control measures for the residential areas of confirmed cases.

In response to this, the response Coordination Center said in accordance with the original zoning and grading accurate prevention and control plan, for the four confirmed cases of residential Meilian Building, as well as the adjacent Huixin Building and Jian'an Building, as well as the adjacent street shops of Yizi Street and Rongfa Building as prevention and control areas, implementing health code red code control.

Other measures include on-site nucleic acid testing, temporarily arranged for 1, 3, 5 days for nucleic acid testing. The above-mentioned areas will be subject to fully restricted and closed management, with the exception of staff members, who are only allowed to enter and are not allowed to go out, and can only carry out minimum activities, such as collecting rations at designated places. according to the actual situation, isolate medical observation on the spot or transfer to an appropriate place for centralized management medical observation.

In addition, health code yellow code control has been implemented on five buildings adjacent to three buildings in the prevention and control zone, namely, Shenglian Building, Quanchang Building, Wo Hing Building, Huaqiang Building and Jianqiang Building. The health code of people in the relevant area is changed to yellow code, and nucleic acid testing is carried out at the designated location. The first nucleic acid test is completed within 24 hours, and further nucleic acid testing is required as necessary. Other restrictions include the implementation of departure restrictions. Close health monitoring and self-health management are required for at least 14 days.

Video conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Australia and Zhuhai

In addition, according to the joint epidemic prevention and control mechanism, Australia and Zhuhai held a video conference on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic in the two places, during which they reported to each other the latest situation in epidemic prevention work and exchanged views on the countermeasures and measures for the prevention and control of the epidemic between the two places.

On August 4, nucleic acid testing was carried out for all Macao citizens at 41 stations in Macao.

And in response to four confirmed cases in Macao on August 3, the response Coordination Center, in addition to rapidly initiating regional and graded accurate prevention and control measures, will start the national nucleic acid testing program at 9: 00 a.m. on August 4, with 24-hour operation, and is expected to complete testing for all Macao citizens within three days.

There are a total of 41 nucleic acid stations in Macao, including 27 in Macau and 14 in Coastal. Details of the arrangements and the opening time of the nuclear acid stations will be announced later.

Macao has declared a state of immediate prevention, further tightening epidemic prevention measures

At present, according to the instructions of the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative region and the assessment of the novel coronavirus infection response Coordination Center, Macao faces an extremely high risk of community spread and outbreak of COVID-19. In order to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus in Macao and protect the safety of people's lives and property, according to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph 1 and Article 11, paragraph 1 (7) of the Civil Defense legal system, Law No. 11 / 2020 Declares that the Macao Special Administrative region shall, with effect from 03:30 on August 3, 2021, enter into the state of immediate prevention referred to in Article 8 (3) of Law No. 11 / 2020, "legal system for Civil Defence".