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In line with the SAR Government’s epidemic prevention and control measures, and in order to safeguard the public’s health and safety, considering that various performing groups are unable to visit Macao, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will cancel the performances and activities, integrated in the “Macao International Music Festival – Music October”, scheduled for October. Some outreach activities in the community will be considered, if circumstances allow.
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre (hereinafter referred to as the Response Coordination Centre) states that as of 4:00 pm on 6^th October, more than 610,000 people have made a booking for the testing and 580,000 people have done it. According to the current progress, this mass nucleic acid testing can basically be completed by 9:00 pm tonight. Therefore, from 9:00 pm tonight, the arrangements for the testing stations will be adjusted. Only a small number of testing stations will remain open by then to handle the remaining testing work. The specific arrangements will be announced later.
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As of 18:00 on 06 October, the number of people waiting at the nucleic acid testing station as follows:
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As of 17:00 on 06 October, the number of people waiting at the nucleic acid testing station as follows:
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As of 16:00 on 06 October, the number of people waiting at the nucleic acid testing station as follows:
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As of 15:00 on 06 October, the number of people waiting at the nucleic acid testing station as follows:
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The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre (hereinafter referred to as the “Response and Coordination Centre”) states that over 590,000 appointments have been made for the mass nucleic acid test (hereinafter referred to as the “NAT”) from 9 pm on 4 October to 12 pm today (6 October). As the mass nucleic acid testing programme is strived to be mostly completed within 48 hours, the Response and Coordination Centre urges residents to make the appointment as soon as possible and take the test at the station according to the scheduled time, so that mass NAT results can be obtained as soon as possible.
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As of 14:00 on 06 October, the number of people waiting at the nucleic acid testing station as follows:
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Affected by the Zhuhai-Macao border-crossing arrangements, there are currently about 1,000 cross-border students still staying in Macao. The Education and Youth Development Bureau (the DSEDJ) has worked with schools to provide assistance to the affected students. At present, more than 500 students and their parents who do not have a living place in Macao have been arranged to stay in youth hostels and school dormitories, with daily necessities and meal arrangements provided. Currently, we are planning to prepare learning equipment and environment for students to study in various camps. We hope that through various aspects of work, we try our best to facilitate the life and study of cross-border students who are staying in Macao.
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Starting from the stroke of midnight on 7 October 2021, people intending to arrive in Macao via any foreign country will be required to comply with updated rules for nucleic acid testing and vaccination, and to provide documents to prove compliance.
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