Macau backtracks on daily Covid-19 test for Filipinos Malou Talosig-Bartolome


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Macau has slightly retreated from its earlier order for all Philippine nationals to undergo daily Covid-19 testing, Macau media reported. The Novel Coronavirus Coordination and Response Centre of Macau’s Health Bureau made the announcement Sunday night in a press conference, saying Filipinos are no longer considered “high-risk” key groups. Filipinos, however, would still be required to undergo nucleic acid testing (NAT) every other day until Friday. Leon lek Hou, head of the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Health Bureau, was quoted as saying that the decision to “adjust” was based on the results of the Filipinos’ nucleic...