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Written by: Ouyang Dehao Liang Huanmin
2021-06-30 12:10
Last update date: 2021-06-30 12:22
The Macau government said on Monday (28th) that it is negotiating with Hong Kong on customs clearance matters, including that it will not require Hong Kong to "clear" local confirmed cases before resuming customs clearance 28 days later.
It is reported that the Macau government has discussed post-customs clearance arrangements with the local hotel industry, including Hong Kong visitors entering Macau, marking their health codes with a new designated color, and allowing these people to move within the hotel area, but will try to avoid Hong Kong visitors. Mask removal activities in public places, including prohibiting the use of hotel swimming pools and other water facilities.
The news also pointed out that the Hong Kong government has recently contacted the shipping company to find out whether the ships to and from Macau can operate smoothly, route restoration and manpower arrangements, etc., which are estimated to be related to the resumption of the voyage within a short period of time, but the resumption date has not yet been finalized.
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Hong Kong and Macau customs clearance must be injected first to allow activities within the hotel
It is understood that the Macau Tourism Administration recently issued a notice to the local hotel industry stating that with the stabilization of the epidemic in Hong Kong, the two places have begun to discuss a feasible plan for resuming customs clearance, but the premise is that those who travelled must be vaccinated against the new crown.
The initial plan of the Macau Health Bureau is that people entering Macau from Hong Kong who are exempt from quarantine will have their health codes marked with a designated color, which is different from the current red, yellow, and green codes for local residents, and will allow Hong Kong residents who are exempt from quarantine to enter the hotel Activities within.
The Macau authorities will also depend on hotel facilities. It would be better to arrange designated floors for Hong Kong people to stay together. However, it is forbidden to use hotel swimming pools and other water facilities. It is believed that this is to avoid Hong Kong people's "unmasking" activities in public places.
The Hong Kong government contacted the local shipping company to understand the situation
In addition, it is reported that the relevant departments of the Hong Kong government have recently contacted the local shipping company to find out whether the vessels to and from Macau can operate smoothly in a short period of time after the voyage has been suspended for a long time, the route will be restored, and the manpower arrangement will resume in a short time.
However, whether the crew is exempted from quarantine, whether they must be vaccinated, and whether there will be a limit on the number of people on each vessel, etc., have not yet been finalized.
It is reported that the relevant departments of the Hong Kong Government have recently contacted the local shipping company to find out whether the vessel can operate smoothly, the route will be restored, and the staffing arrangements.
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Looking through the information, the latest confirmed case in Hong Kong was a 27-year-old male airport ground worker who was infected with the Delta variant virus.
The patient had a brief encounter with 3 imported cases, and his viral genes were the same as those of 3 people. This reflects that the 4 cases may be epidemiologically related. Therefore, the authorities earlier classified the 27-year-old ground worker's case as "with imported case" There is epidemiological relevance."
The 27-year-old ground crew colleague, the 24-year-old female staff member of Suntec Plaza in Tai Po, was also listed as "epidemiologically related to the imported case."
However, it should be noted that the female staff member was diagnosed at the quarantine center, which means that the patient had stayed in the community for some time.
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The Macau government said on Monday (28th) that it is negotiating with Hong Kong for customs clearance. If the above-mentioned cases are not spread in the community, it will consider adjusting the calculation method for no local infections, that is, there is no need to resume customs clearance 28 days after the last confirmed case .
However, if calculated using the previous method, after the two cases mentioned above were revised to "have an epidemiological connection with the imported case", Hong Kong has recorded 22 consecutive days of "clearing" today.
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