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Macao has confirmed a new case of novel coronavirus infection, taking to eight the tally of such cases recorded in the city.
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In response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, the Social Security Fund (abbreviated to FSS in Macao) will have service adjustments next week and provide limited service only at some counters opened at the Macao Government Services Centre in order to avoid crowd gathering and reduce the risk of disease spread. The FSS reiterates that it will extend the payment deadline, exempt related interest or fines, and take measures to ensure that the payment of benefits and allowances will not be affected. The FSS calls on residents that there is no need to rush to the FSS next week for social security services and suggests residents to do it by electronic means.
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Public servants of the Macao SAR are exempted from work between 3rd and 7th February in compliance with the government’s measure to prevent virus outbreak. During this period, the CCAC will remain its basic services available to citizens. The Complaint Centre on the 14th floor of “Dynasty Plaza” will operate as normal during office hours and the Branch Office in Taipa will open between 2:30pm and 7pm for receiving reports and complaints. At the same time, the Declaration of Assets and Interests Division on the 16th floor of “Centro Golden Dragon” will also open during office hours. In addition, citizens may call the CCAC’s Report Hotline at 2836 1212 to report illegal activities.
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The aeronautical authorities of Vietnam suddenly issued an official notice early this afternoon prohibiting the operation of flights between Vietnam and mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Given this notice, Air Macau suspended their flights between Macao and Vietnam today.
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Due to the continued development of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the DSEJ has announced that the date of resumption of classes of secondary, primary and infant education, special education and recurrent education is postponed, as well as the operation resumption date of private tutorial centres and continuing education institutions is synchronously delayed. To cooperate with the SAR Government’s recommendation for the overall epidemic preventive measure, i.e. no gathering of crowds and no mobility of people, the DSEJ constantly communicate and discuss with the persons-in-charge of various schools. Except for the personnel who need to maintain the basic operation of the school or to handle needs, it is ensured that no teachers or staffs return to school for school meetings.
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In order to speed up the detection of novel coronavirus, the University of Macau (UM) has stepped up the development of a digital-microfluidic-chip-based system to help tackle the epidemic outbreak. With the help of ‘Virus Hunter’, a rapid test kit developed with UM patented technology, the whole virus detection process can be completed within 30 minutes. The study was conducted by a team formed by researchers from UM’s State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMS-VLSI) and PhD graduates. The research team has been in touch with relevant medical units and the system will be ready for use upon verification.
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The Government will waive – for a period of three months – rents otherwise payable on public properties used by local businesses, in order to strengthen support for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the ongoing fight against the local incidence of a novel coronavirus.
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According to preliminary statistics, Macao welcomed around 260 thousand visitor arrivals (non-resident employees and students excluded) during the seven-day Spring Festival Golden Week of Mainland China (24 to 30 January), down by 78.3% over the corresponding period of last year.
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All higher education institutions in Macao have further postponed class resumption as a response to the continuation of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The University of Macau (UM) has been dedicated to promoting online teaching and learning. For this reason, UM students can continue to engage in learning via distance education resources, such as massive open online courses (MOOC) platforms, to keep acquiring knowledge during class suspension.
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CTT Macao would like to inform that the underneath post offices will be opened during the normal office hours on 1^stof February 2020, while the other post offices will be closed temporarily:
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