recomendações FMI (MAR24)

 Mar24

A economia de Macau deverá crescer 13,9% este ano, estima o Fundo Monetário Internacional, apontando que, em 2025, o PIB deverá voltar ao nível registado antes da pandemia. O organismo internacional considera que o “ritmo desigual” de recuperação dos sectores jogo e não jogo carece de um “apoio contínuo” do Executivo. Refere também que a médio prazo a prioridade deve ser a diversificação económica, e, para isso, Macau precisa de “reformas abrangentes” quanto à integração na Grande Baía. Por outro lado, o aumento da produtividade está, em parte, dependente da digitalização e da inovação, com o FMI a defender ainda a simplificação dos processos de recrutamento de trabalhadores do exterior

 

https://jtm.com.mo/local/ritmo-desigual-de-retoma-dos-sectores-exige-apoio-continuo-governo/

O Governo de Macau deve adoptar um “ritmo mais lento” na consolidação orçamental para apoiar os sectores não relacionados com o jogo e “reforçar a sustentabilidade do crescimento a médio prazo”, considera o Fundo Monetário Internacional, defendendo o aumento das despesas públicas, cujo nível em relação ao PIB é “baixo”, não chegando a metade da média da OCDE. Segundo a instituição, as autoridades da RAEM indicaram que os recursos financeiros poderão ser “reafectados” durante uma “revisão semestral do orçamento”, caso o excedente orçamental supere as previsões iniciais

https://jtm.com.mo/local/fmi-insta-raem-rever-politica-orcamental/

Recuperação do jogo (continuação)

~fev25 DIVDENDOS

Sands China Ltd has declared its first dividend in five years, announcing on Friday a final payout of HKD 0.25 (USD 0.032) per share for the financial year ending 31 December 2024. The dividend will be distributed on 20 June to shareholders registered by 30 May.

The announcement had been widely anticipated by investment analysts. According to a company statement released late on Friday, the total dividend distribution is expected to reach approximately HKD 2.02 billion (USD 260 million), based on the number of shares outstanding as of 31 January 2025.

Sands China joins other Macau gaming operators—including Galaxy Entertainment Group, Wynn Macau Ltd and MGM China—in reinstating dividend payments following the pandemic.

In a research note, JP Morgan analysts observed that the HKD 0.25 dividend reflects a 25 per cent payout ratio on full-year 2024 earnings and a 1.5 per cent yield.

However, they advised against evaluating it solely on this basis, suggesting that the company is more likely to structure its dividends around a calendar-year model rather than fiscal earnings.

https://www.macaubusiness.com/sands-china-announces-first-dividend-in-five-years/

jan25

December GGR down 2 pct, full-year tally surges 23.9 pct to MOP226.78 bln

By

 Newsdesk

Macau casinos generated MOP 18.2 billion (USD 2.27 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in December, accounting for a 2 per cent year-on-year decline., according to the city’s gaming watchdog.

This represents the first year-on-year monthly decline since the lifting of pandemic restrictions in early 2023.

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) also reported that the full-year 2024 figure increased by 23.9 per cent to reach MOP 226.78 billion (USD 28.3 billion), exceeding the MOP 216 billion forecast outlined in the SAR Government’s 2024 budget.

For 2025, authorities project MOP 240 billion (USD 30 billion) in gaming revenue.

The 2024 GGR tally accounts for 77.5 per cent of the level recorded in pre-Covid 2019.

https://www.macaubusiness.com/december-gaming-revenue-down-2-pct-to-mop-18-2-billion-full-year-tally-surges-23-9-pct/

set24

Macau’s visitor tally for October Golden Week beat the pre-pandemic 2019 aggregate by nearly 2.0 percent, according to data released on Tuesday by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).

The visitor volume for the seven-day mainland China break that ran this year from October 1 to October 7 inclusive, was 993,117. In 2019, the tally for the seven-day break was 974,337, according to MGTO archived figures.

The daily average for this year’s October holiday break was 141,873, up 22.9 percent from the prior-year period.

Analyst Vitaly Umansky of Seaport Research Partners had mentioned in a Monday note, even before the final day figures were in, that the daily average had already been

https://www.ggrasia.com/oct-golden-week-macau-visit-tally-beats-2019-holiday-by-2pct/

================================= mayterial retirado para o SR Jan25

agot24

Macau welcomed a total of 166,562 tourists on Saturday, according to provisional data disclosed by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) in a press release. This figure marked the highest single-day arrival number for the summer holiday period, which began on July 1.

The latest tally represents a 7.5 percent increase compared to the highest single-day total during the same period in 2019, the last comparable period prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2019, the highest single-day arrival figure for the summer holiday period was recorded at 154,957 on July 27, according to MGTO.

The tourism office added that international tourism to Macau was also “rebounding”, with the number of international visitors during the summer holiday period recovering to 74.9 percent of the levels seen during the same period in 2019.

https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-hits-166k-visitors-in-single-day-surpasses-2019-levels/

jun24

Macau is likely to see circa 28 percent year-on-year growth in casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) this year, and 10 percent growth in 2025, says a Thursday update from Fitch Ratings Inc.

Using its 2024 estimate as a basis – a figure Fitch maintains from an assessment it issued in the first quarter – would put Macau 2025 GGR at around MOP258.00 billion (US$32.08 billion).

That would be about 88.0 percent of the city’s pre-pandemic 2019 GGR, which stood at just under MOP292.46 billion, according to data from Macau’s regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.

In March, Fitch had said it was likely Macau’s 2024 GGR would recover to circa 80 percent of the pre-pandemic trading year of 2019.

https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-2025-ggr-to-be-88pct-of-pre-covid-says-fitch/

jun24

A new paper on the post-pandemic reality of Macao’s gaming industry says the city’s biggest money-earner has developed “new characteristics” that mean “stable” growth can be expected at best. Published in the latest edition of Macau Polytechnic University’s Global Gaming & Tourism Research, the report drives home the fact that gambling has entered a new – less prominent – era in Macao, when compared with the meteoric expansions of the 2000s and 2010s. 

The report noted that Macao’s gaming recovery had been “relatively slow” compared to that of the US and Southeast Asia. In the US, for example, Las Vegas’ gross gaming revenue in 2021 – midway through the pandemic – had already exceeded 2019’s level. It went on to set consecutive records in 2022 and 2023, while Macao’s 2023 GGR was just 62 percent of its pre-pandemic level.

Crucially, the report casts doubt on whether Macao’s gaming industry could ever return to its pre-pandemic “ultra-rapid growth” trajectory, and cites several reasons for pessimism. One was increased competition, as more Asian cities open additional casinos and market them to Chinese gamblers. Other reasons were the government’s crackdown on junket operators, which previously contributed massive amounts of money to the SAR’s casinos’ coffers, and the industry’s pivot from VIP to mass gaming. 

https://macaonews.org/news/business/macau-casinos-gambling-industry-forecast-outlook-growth/

ap24

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng acknowledged yesterday that Macau’s economic development is “currently facing new challenges”, but he underlined the city’s “promising” development prospects with its economic development “full of vitality, dynamism and potential”.

Ho did not elaborate on the “new challenges”.

The chief executive made the remarks when delivering a speech during a reception at The Plaza Restaurant in Zape marking tomorrow’s International Workers’ Day hosted by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions, commonly known as Gung Luen in Cantonese.

Ho noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the 25th anniversary of Macau’s return to the motherland.

https://www.macaupostdaily.com/article21368.html

Fev24

PAGAMENTO DIVIDENDOS

Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd reported fourth-quarter 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of just under HKD2.81 billion (US$358.7 million). The result was up 1.4 percent sequentially, and compared with a negative figure of HKD163 million in fourth-quarter 2022. Galaxy Entertainment also announced a special dividend of HKD0.30 per share, payable on April 26. The group paid a special dividend of HKD0.20 per share on October 27, which had been mentioned with its interim results. He added: “We are the first Macau concessionaire to resume dividends and return capital to shareholders after the border reopened. These dividends demonstrate our continued confidence in the longer-term outlook of Macau and for the company.” https://www.ggrasia.com/galaxy-ent-4q-ebitda-us359mln-announces-dividend/

mar24

In what a brokerage described as “a surprise”, two Macau casino operators respectively announced on Thursday annual dividends for the first time since the 2019 trading year preceding the Covid-19 pandemic.

The dividend move was “a year earlier than… the Street [investment community] had expected,” said JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd in a Friday note.

“This means three out of six [Macau] operators are now paying dividends, including Galaxy [Entertainment Group Ltd] and we expect Sands [China Ltd] to follow suit next year… while Melco [Resorts & Entertainment Ltd] and SJM [Holdings Ltd] may prioritise deleveraging for some time,” wrote analysts DS Kim, Mufan Shi, and Selina Li.

MGM China Holdings Ltd flagged a final dividend for 2023 of HKD0.243 (US$0.0307) per ordinary share, payable on June 20, subject to approval by its annual meeting.

The company – which runs the MGM Macau and MGM Cotai properties – also declared a special dividend of HKD 0.104 per share, payable on April 12.

The two dividends combined represented 50 percent of the 2023 profit attributable to the owners of the firm, said MGM China.

Wynn Macau Ltd – operator of the Wynn Macau and Wynn Cotai casino resorts – announced a 2023 final dividend of HKD0.075 per share, payable on June 19.

https://www.ggrasia.com/dividends-surprise-from-mgm-china-wynn-macau-ltd-jpm/

 fev24

Durante o pico do Ano Novo Lunar, concretamente entre o quarto e sétimo dias do período de feriados, as receitas brutas diárias dos casinos de Macau terão ascendido a mais de mil milhões de patacas, “pela primeira vez em mais de quatro anos”, superando a média registada na Semana Dourada de Outubro do ano passado (mais de 900 milhões), adiantou ontem o banco de investimento JP Morgan. Os analistas DS Kim, Mufan Shi e Selina Li estimam que as receitas do mercado de massas do jogo aumentaram 120% ou mais, comparativamente ao Ano Novo Lunar de 2019, situando-se “10 pontos percentuais acima do ritmo de recuperação nos últimos meses”. No conjunto dos primeiros 18 dias de Fevereiro, as receitas brutas dos casinos totalizaram cerca de 12,5 mil milhões de patacas, a uma média diária de 694 milhões, indica o relatório, salientando que os números reflectem “uma recuperação de cerca de 75% em relação ao período comparável de 2019”. Ainda assim, os analistas ressalvam que as comparações são “desafiadoras”, uma vez que os dados em causa também cobrem a fase de “calmaria” antes da época festiva. O JP Morgan prevê que as receitas subam mais de 80% em Fevereiro, face ao ano anterior, para cerca de 19 mil milhões, o que corresponderia a uma média diária superior a 650 milhões, a mais elevada desde o início da pandemia.

https://jtm.com.mo/local/receita-diaria-jogo-tera-ultrapassado-mil-milhoes-pico-ano-novo-chines/

fev24 (pagamento de dividendos)

Fitch Ratings Inc now expects Macau casino operator Sands China Ltd to resume dividend payments “in 2026”, it said in a Thursday note. In a previous update in July, the institution had mentioned such payments might resume in 2025.

The credit institution has upped the long-term issuer default ratings for Sands China’s parent Las Vegas Sands Corp, as well as for the Macau unit and the Singapore unit, Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, to investment grade, i.e., ‘BBB-’ from ‘BB+’. The institution described the group’s rating outlook as ‘stable’.

Factors in its decision included anticipated improvement in the overall group’s earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) leverage.

https://www.ggrasia.com/fitch-now-thinks-sands-china-dividend-resumption-in-2026/

jan24

O mercado de massas do jogo representou 75,3% das receitas brutas dos casinos de Macau em 2023 e atingiu cerca de 88% do nível registado no ano anterior à pandemia, revelam dados da Direcção de Inspecção e Coordenação de Jogos. Já as receitas do bacará corresponderam a apenas um terço da era pré-covid

https://jtm.com.mo/local/mercado-de-massas-jogo-recuperou-88-em-2023/

jan24

Macao government officials have announced a target of 33 million visitor arrivals for 2024, TDM reports. That would mean a 17 percent year-on-year increase, and represent 84 percent of 2019’s figure (the last full year before the Covid-19 pandemic decimated tourism).

Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) director, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, said the government was investing in activities targeting mainland Chinese, who make up the vast majority of the SAR’s visitors. 

These included events around the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the SAR – and a Macao Week series of promotions across China to be held later in the year.

https://macaonews.org/news/business/macau-2024-tourism-forecast-outlook-target-macao/

 jan24

Market share

• Sands China – Nov. 2019: 24 percent; Nov.2023: 24.5 percent
• Galaxy – Nov. 2019: 19.5 percent; Nov. 2023: 16.5 percent
• MGM China – Nov. 2019: 10 percent; Nov. 2023: 16.5 percent
• SJM – Nov. 2019: 16.5 percent; Nov. 2023: 13 percent
• Melco – Nov. 2019: 16.5 percent; Nov. 2023: 15.5 percent
• Wynn – Nov. 2019: 13.5 percent; Nov. 2023: 14 percent

https://agbrief.com/intelligence/deep-dive/09/01/2024/under-the-scope-2023-winners-and-losers-in-macau-the-philippines-and-singapore/?utm_source=Asia+Gaming+Brief&utm_campaign=07a84f893e-AGB%3A+%2301817+Wednesday%2C+10th+January%2C+2024&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_51950b5d21-07a84f893e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&ct=t%28AGB%3A+%2301817+Wednesday%2C+10th+January%2C+2024%29&goal=0_51950b5d21-07a84f893e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=07a84f893e&mc_eid=31e20475e6

jan24

Macau’s mass gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the fourth quarter of 2023 exceeded pre-Covid levels for the first time since the reopening of borders, reaching over 105 per cent of the 2019 level, brokerage firm J.P. Morgan reported. In a Monday note, J.P. Morgan stated that mass GGR in the fourth quarter experienced a quarter-on-quarter growth of 12-13 per cent, reaching a record high of MOP48.6 billion (US$6 billion). Meanwhile, headline GGR rose by over 11 per cent quarter-on-quarter to MOP588 million per day. This growth rate doubled the historical seasonality of over 5 per cent and represented a recovery to 75 per cent of the pre-pandemic level.

https://www.macaubusiness.com/macaus-mass-ggr-exceeds-2019-levels-in-q4-2023-j-p-morgan/

jan24

Macau’s tourism industry ended 2023 on a high, setting a new post-pandemic record of 175,030 daily visitors on New Year’s Eve, according to provisional data from the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO).

The city welcomed about 28.23 million visitors in full-year 2023, a daily average of circa 77,000, said the tourism office in a Monday press release. The figure represented a recovery to about 70 percent compared to 2019, the last trading year before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020.

“With the full reopening of the borders in 2023, the number of visitors to Macau maintained an upward trend, with the tourist industry showing good recovery and growth prospects, showcasing the attractiveness of Macau as a global tourism and leisure centre,” stated the MGTO.

https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-visitor-numbers-top-28mln-in-2023-mgto/

jan23

Macau’s casinos raked in MOP 183 billion (US$22.8 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2023, up by 333.8 per cent compared with 2022, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).

 The full-year tally accounts for 62.5 per cent of what was recorded for the whole pre-COVID year of 2019. It is in line with the Chief Executive’s latest estimate and clearly surpasses the initial MOP 130 billion forecast included in the SAR’s 2023 budget a year ago. For 2024, the government is anticipating a total GGR of MOP 216 billion.

In December alone, GGR reached MOP 18.57 billion, a 15.7 per cent month-to-month increase. It was the second-best month of the year, after October’s MOP 19.5 billion tally.

https://www.macaubusiness.com/breaking-news-gaming-revenue-jumps-333-8-pct-in-2023-to-mop-183-billion/ + https://www.ggrasia.com/macau-2023-ggr-us22-8bln-ops-must-up-non-gaming-spend/

dez23

Macau mass table gaming almost fully recuperated to pre-pandemic results, slots still lagging: Altira GM

https://agbrief.com/news/macau/03/12/2023/macau-mass-table-gaming-almost-fully-recuperated-to-pre-pandemic-results-slots-still-lagging/

Dez23

Macau is projected to conclude 2023 with gross gaming revenue (GGR) of MOP182 billion ($22.6 billion), approximately 62 percent of 2019 levels, according to Citigroup.

https://agbrief.com/news/macau/01/12/2023/macau-2023-ggr-likely-at-62-percent-of-2019-levels-citigroup/?utm_source=Asia+Gaming+Brief&utm_campaign=5a7266ecb1-AGB%3A+%2301795+Monday%2C+04th+December%2C+2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_51950b5d21-5a7266ecb1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&ct=t%28AGB%3A+%2301795+Monday%2C+04th+December%2C+2023%29&goal=0_51950b5d21-5a7266ecb1-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=5a7266ecb1&mc_eid=31e20475e6

 out23

A Semana Dourada correu bem para a indústria do jogo, com a previsão das receitas a chegar às 939 milhões de patacas durante os primeiros seis dias dos feriados. Analistas da JP Morgan revelaram que foram alcançados cerca de 80% dos valores registados no mesmo período do último ano pré-pandémico, em 2019.

https://pontofinal-macau.com/2023/10/12/semana-dourada-foi-bastante-dourada-comparada-com-a-de-2019-diz-jp-morgan/

Balanço do que aconteceu

out23

Dados oficiais mostram que o último ano da pandemia foi arrasador para a restauração local. As quebras foram transversais a todo o sector. Menos restaurante e lojas de takeaway a funcionar, menos pessoas empregadas e perdas de quase 1,5 mil milhões de patacas

https://hojemacau.com.mo/2023/10/16/restauracao-menos-negocios-empregados-e-receitas-no-ano-passado/

 mai23

Elsie Ao Ieong, secretária para os Assuntos Sociais e Cultura, esteve presente na 76.ª Assembleia Mundial da Saúde, que tem como tema: “75.º aniversário da Organização Mundial de Saúde: salvar vidas, promover a saúde para todos”, que se realizou no domingo, em Genebra, na Suíça.

Durante o evento, a secretária teve um encontro com o subdirector da Comissão Nacional de Saúde, Cao Xuetao, e com o embaixador chinês junto ao escritório das Nações Unidas em Genebra e outras organizações internacionais na Suíça, Chen Xu.

Na ocasião, a secretária apontou que, durante a epidemia, as políticas antiepidémicas de Macau estiveram em linha com as do interior da China, e os trabalhos de combate à epidemia obtiveram “resultados muito positivos”.

https://pontofinal-macau.com/2023/05/23/elsie-ao-ieong-reitera-que-combate-a-epidemia-em-macau-alcancou-resultados-muito-positivos/

Vacinação III e quarentenas (continuação da pandemia pós abril23)

jan24

Em Dezembro de 2022 e em Janeiro de 2023, a mortalidade em Macau bateu recordes históricos, tendo sido quatro vezes superior ao habitual. Este aumento coincidiu com o fim das restrições pandémicas no território. Há um ano, o Governo dizia que precisava de tempo para analisar a mortalidade excessiva. Agora, em resposta ao PONTO FINAL, os Serviços de Saúde admitem que este aumento no número de mortes “pode ser associado ao agravamento de doenças crónicas preexistentes, após a infecção pelo novo coronavírus”.

https://pontofinal-macau.com/2024/01/11/governo-admite-que-aumento-de-mortes-do-ano-passado-pode-estar-ligado-ao-fim-das-restricoes-pandemicas/

jun23

The number of Covid-19 infections in Macao is now “obviously” easing, says the head of the Health Bureau, Dr Alvis Lo.

In remarks quoted by Macau Post Daily, the health official said the daily number of new infections had dropped to around 100 to 200 compared to a peak of around 900 in the last half of May.

https://macaonews.org/city/macau-macao-covid-19-infections-wave-alvis-lo/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15+June+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230615_Daily+Newsletter

jun23

Leong Hong Sai defende que o Governo deve rever as medidas contra a covid-19 durante picos periódicos de infecção, pedindo, por exemplo, que seja repensada a questão do uso de máscaras nos transportes públicos. O deputado considera também que é preciso arranjar um novo mecanismo para que as pessoas consigam a declaração por doença quando estão infectadas e têm de se ausentar do emprego

https://jtm.com.mo/local/pedido-regresso-de-medidas-anti-covid/

jun23

Health officials are telling the public to treat Covid as ‘just another infection’ 

Dr. Leong Iek Hou, from the Communicable Disease Prevention and Disease Surveillance Unit, says Covid is now ‘a disease like flu’.

https://macaonews.org/city/macau-macao-covid-policy-treatment-response/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1+June+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230601_Daily+Newsletter

mai23

The Social Welfare Bureau says that anyone who visits a senior care facility, rehabilitation centre or drug rehabilitation facility must, from today, wear an N95, KN95 or FFP2 respirator mask.

Under the regulations, visitors will not be allowed to remove their masks while they are on the premises and staff will only be able to do so during meals. 

https://macaonews.org/city/macau-macao-mask-rules-covid-care-homes/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25+May+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230525_Daily+Newsletter

mai23

As autoridades de saúde informaram na sexta-feira que Macau está a passar por um pico periódico de infecções pela Covid-19. Em quatro dias – quarta, quinta, sexta e sábado – foram registados 2.181 casos. Isto fez com que o Centro de Coordenação de Contingência do Novo Tipo de Coronavírus ajustasse o mecanismo de monitorização, passando a divulgar diariamente o número de casos.

https://pontofinal-macau.com/2023/05/22/infeccoes-por-covid-19-atingem-pico-periodico-mais-de2-000-casos-em-quatro-dias/

mai23

Entre Janeiro e Março deste ano, morreram 1.214 pessoas em Macau, quase meio milhar devido a doenças do aparelho respiratório, mais de seis vezes o número de pessoas que morreram pelos mesmos motivos em igual período do ano passado. O número de mortos quase duplicou, face aos 610 óbitos registados no primeiro trimestre de 2022

https://hojemacau.com.mo/2023/05/11/demografia-obitos-duplicam-em-termos-anuais-no-primeiro-trimestre/

mai23

The government has issued new guidelines for people testing positive for Covid-19, advising them when to medicate themselves and when to seek treatment.

It says it has issued the new protocols because of “rising activity of the coronavirus in the local community” in the wake of the “gradual decline of natural infection- and vaccine-induced immunity, coupled with the emergence of new subvariants and the increasing flow of people”.

https://macaonews.org/city/macao-macau-covid-test-positive-what-to-do/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15+May+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230515_Daily+Newsletter

ma23

Around 70 Covid-19 infections are being reported each day in Macao, according to the head of the Health Bureau Alvis Lo. He made the disclosure to the media yesterday on the sidelines of the BEYOND Expo 2023.

The figure compares to a daily average of just 10 infections a day reported in April, the Macau Post Daily reports.

The spike comes as six more patients were admitted to hospital with Covid complications on Wednesday, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre. That brings to 36 the number of Covid patients hospitalised between 1 and 10 May, compared to just five for the month of April.

https://macaonews.org/city/macau-macao-covid-daily-infections-cases/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=12+May+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230512_Daily+Newsletter

mai23

Three of Macao’s principal officials have come down with Covid-19. André Cheong, Wong Sio Chak, and Elsie Ao Ieong U – respectively the secretaries for administration and justice, security, and social affairs and culture – are presenting mild symptoms.

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre says two of them tested positive for Covid-19 during a trip outside Macao and all three have been infected for the first time. 

https://macaonews.org/city/three-macao-policy-secretaries-catch-covid-19/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=11+May+Daily+Read&utm_campaign=20230511_Daily+Newsletter

mai23

As many as 6,000 people a day could be infected later this month, at the peak of a wave of Covid-19, according to researchers at the Macau University of Science and Technology.

The estimate, reported by local broadcaster TDM, comes as five people were admitted to hospital due to serious complications from the coronavirus. According to the Health Bureau, the number is the highest requiring hospitalisation since early February,

https://macaonews.org/city/macau-macao-covid-immunity-wave/

ma23

Além de mais três casos da covid-19 confirmados, Macau registou recentemente um caso grave num turista de 41 anos com historial de doença crónica. O homem do Continente encontra-se em estado crítico, necessitando de apoio do ventilador respiratório. Além disso, uma residente de 64 anos está em estado crítico por causa da gripe

 https://jtm.com.mo/local/registados-casos-graves-de-covid-19-gripe/

mai23

New Covid-19 vaccination recommendations came into effect in Macao yesterday, as the city confronts a surge in respiratory illnesses with as many as 900 people a day turning up at the emergency department of the Conde S. Januário Hospital.

Under the amended guidelines, residents who have not received a BioNTech mRNA bivalent jab are recommended to have one. The bivalent vaccine provides antibody protection against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in addition to the original COVID-19 strain, unlike traditional monovalent vaccines, Macau Post Daily reports.

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Foram detectadas em Macau várias estirpes mutantes do tipo XBB da variante Ómicron. Os Serviços de Saúde disseram ao HM que “o nível actual de transmissão de covid-19 em Macau ainda é relativamente baixo”. Face ao previsível enfraquecimento imunológico, as autoridades estão a reforçar a reserva de medicamentos antivirais. Alvis Lo revela que foram detectados 10 casos, mas diz que não é motivo para alarme

https://hojemacau.com.mo/2023/04/28/variante-xbb-transmissao-e-relativamente-baixa-em-macau/

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Authorities in Macau announced on Wednesday that from April 29 (Saturday) people that have arrived in the city from either Taiwan or overseas and intend to travel to mainland China within seven days will have to hold a test result produced within 48 hours proving they are ‘negative’ for Covid-19 infection.

The result could be from either a nucleic acid test or a rapid antigen test, according to a statement from Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre.

People in transit at Macao International Airport with a destination on the mainland would have to present a ‘negative’ result for Covid-19 either before boarding the first flight or the connecting one at the city’s airport.

https://www.ggrasia.com/covid-testing-from-apr-29-for-travellers-to-china-via-macau/

Local authorities have amended their guidelines for wearing masks, amid what appears to be a major outbreak of respiratory disease. 

According to a report in the Chinese-language Macao Daily, the government will also be announcing the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on a daily basis once again.

The new mask recommendations take effect from 28 April, according to a translation of a government announcement issued in Chinese. While it is now “recommended” that masks be worn on public transport – instead of making them mandatory – their use is encouraged at “large gatherings, events or meetings, especially when people come from a wide range of sources and are highly mobile”. 

Face coverings are also recommended for “other indoor venues”

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Após o anúncio da subida do número de casos de covid-19, quem quiser entrar no Interior e tenha estado no estrangeiro enfrenta de novo mais restrições

https://hojemacau.com.mo/2023/04/28/covid-19-testes-exigidos-para-entrar-no-interior/