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New crown pneumonia | Two overseas residents' special flights have returned to Macau and the authorities are fighting for the final diagnosis

2021-01-21T19:13:45.193Z


Two Air Macau flights carrying Macau residents arrived in Macau from Tokyo, Japan last night. A 43-year-old female resident tested positive for the new crown virus twice and was sent to the isolation ward of Ren Earl General Hospital for treatment.


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Written by: Yang Qian

2021-01-22 03:05

The last update date: 2021-01-22 03:05

Two Air Macau flights carrying Macau residents arrived in Macau from Tokyo, Japan last night. A 43-year-old female resident tested positive for the new crown virus twice and was sent to the isolation ward of Ren Earl General Hospital for treatment. 8 people were on board nearby. Seated persons receive medical observation at Gaoding Public Health Clinical Center.

The remaining 100 people were sent to Luhuan Haitian Resort Hotel for 21 days of quarantine medical observation.

The two flights are Air Macau NX861 and NX867, which departed from Tokyo to Macau at 4:07 pm and 5:30 pm local time on the 21st.

A total of 109 passengers departed from 14 origins in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Japan, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United States, Switzerland, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia, France, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Italy, including 55 men and 54 women, and 5 passengers over 65 , 10 from 12 to 17 years old, 2 from 0 to 2 years old.

Before boarding, all passengers must wear high-level protective equipment, including protective clothing, masks and face shields. They can only board the aircraft after two body temperature tests are normal, and they must wear a name tag with the seat number and name on the chest After boarding, you must sit strictly according to the seats arranged by the airline to reduce the risk of cross-infection.

The two flights landed at Macau International Airport at 7:51 and 9:18 respectively. The authorities immediately performed nucleic acid tests on all passengers and crew at the airport.

In addition, the aircraft and related facilities are disinfected.

Macau government prepares special flight for epidemic prevention in advance

The Macau government has received notice from airlines earlier that 115 Australian residents returned to Australia on commercial flights, and that they held multiple inter-departmental meetings. After evaluation, they concluded that returning residents include the origin of the United Kingdom or Portugal. Risk areas, and the flight segment passes through multiple international airports, the risk of imported cases is not low, and there may even be cases caused by variant viruses. Therefore, all aspects of preparations and plans have been made in advance to ensure that there will be no community transmission , There is no need to activate the fuse mechanism for personnel exchanges in the Mainland.

In addition to the members of the COVID-19 Response Coordination Center of the health department, the staff of Air Macau and Macau International Airport Co., Ltd. also participated in related work.

Of the six Macau residents who purchased air tickets but did not return to Australia, one failed to board the plane because of a positive nucleic acid test in the UK, and the other five did not board the plane due to personal reasons, so the final number of returnees to Australia was 109.

Residents have received the passenger's epidemic prevention instructions issued by the government before departure, prepared personal protective equipment and a virus nucleic acid negative certificate within 72 hours before departure, and agreed and signed the "Confirmation of Precautions for Travel and After Returning to Australia".

During the voyage, airlines require passengers to wear personal protective equipment throughout the journey, avoid walking on the plane, minimize eating and drinking and use toilets, and reduce the chance of contact with the crew.

Relevant passengers have now entered the isolation ward, Gaoding Public Health Clinical Center, and Luhuan Haitian Resort Hotel respectively in the isolation ward of the Earl's General Hospital according to the situation for isolation treatment or medical observation, and the entire process is closed for management.

Those who receive medical observation in designated hotels must strictly abide by the corresponding epidemic prevention requirements and cannot leave the hotel room. A total of 4 nucleic acid tests are required during the period.

After 21 days, they must receive at least 7 days of self-health management.

Hotel staff must also be equipped with corresponding protective equipment and reduce contact with people under medical observation.

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