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Authorities in Macao have locked down several residential buildings as the world's biggest gambling hub tries to contain a rising number of COVID-19 cases that have ground the city to a halt, apart from casinos which mostly remain open. The former Portuguese colony reported 39 new infections on Friday (Jun 24), bringing the total for its current outbreak to 149, with around a dozen buildings locked down and residents banned from leaving, the local government said in a statement. More than 5,000 people are in mandatory quarantine, the government said. Macao, a Chinese special administrative region, is testing its more...
