Macau launches more COVID testing as infections soar

July 4, 2022 Macau Crime & Legal

Macau kicked off a new round of city-wide COVID-19 testing on Monday for its more than 600,000 residents, as
officials raced to contain a spiralling number of cases in the worst outbreak to hit the world’s biggest gambling hub since the pandemic began.

Coronavirus testing for all residents will take place three times this week across the city, with people also required to take rapid antigen tests in-between.

The move comes as the former Portuguese colony reported 90 new cases on Sunday, taking the total number of infections to 784 since the middle of June. More than 11,000 people are in quarantine.

While Macau, a Chinese special administrative region, has not introduced a full scale lockdown seen in mainland Chinese cities like Shanghai, the city is already largely closed.