HONG KONG: The world\u0027s biggest gambling hub Macao began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday (Jun 20), with banks, schools, government services and other businesses shut, but casinos remaining open. The testing of Macao\u0027s roughly 600,000 residents is expected to end on Tuesday and comes after
HONG KONG: The world's biggest gambling hub Macao began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday , with banks, schools, government services and other businesses shut, but casinos remaining open.
The Chinese-ruled former Portuguese colony adheres to China's"zero COVID" policy which aims to eradicate all outbreaks, at just about any cost, running counter to a global trend of trying to co-exist with the virus. The latest outbreak came suddenly and has been spreading rapidly with the source still unknown, Macao's chief executive Ho Iat Seng said in a statement on the government's website.
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