A man who works at the Golden Crown China Hotel as a security guard tested positive for the new coronavirus and has became the city’s 65th COVID-19 case, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre Coronavirus announced.
This new case, of a 27-year-old Nepalese man, is related to the 64th case which was reported earlier on Friday of a 31-year-old male resident of Turkish nationality who tested positive for COVID-19 in a nucleic acid test carried out Thursday night and had arrived in Macau, via Singapore, from Turkey, on September 18th.
After the detection of the 64th case imported into Macau, the health authorities said they immediately requested that the hotel’s security and cleaning staff as well as other workers to undergo the nucleic acid test.
Meanwhile, the acting Chief Executive has declared state of immediate prevention, starting from midnight as there is risk of a COVID-19 community outbreak following the 65th case, according to a press release issued by the Government Information Bureau.
Authorities also announced that starting from September 25, midnight, all outbound travellers must hold a proof of the latest 48 hours negative nucleic acid test
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