Some of the measures that will ease the fight against the pandemic have been implemented. From Wednesday, infected people can isolate themselves at home, presenting the health code is no longer mandatory to enter transport, parks and markets. The location code will no longer be taken into account
After a summer marked by “partial” confinements, shared paths of infected people and the criminalization of various aspects of daily life, health authorities surrendered to the inevitable reality of “living together” with covid-19.
On Saturday, the director of Health Services (SSM), Alvis Lo, said that in the near future the number of infections is expected to increase, but appealed to the population not to panic with the rise in positive cases.
As of Wednesday, Macau will enter what the authorities describe as the second phase of the pandemic prevention transition, a path towards the normalization of society. At a later stage, the Government foresees the transition to a period of dissemination of the new type of coronavirus among the population.
In this sense, Alvis Lo argued on Saturday that the scientific community indicates that the consequences for health resulting from infection with the omicron variant are not serious.
One of the measures that will come into force on Wednesday is the possibility for infected people to comply with home isolation, with screening being done through an electronic platform and a form in which the person will do a self-assessment of their state of health. health.
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