Macau Drops Some Covid Tests For Arrivals

People travelling to Macau no longer have to undergo a nucleic acid test for Covid on arrival, officials in the city have announced.

Arrivals will also now be given an amber health code, instead of a red code, meaning they can roam around the city and enter various premises.

However, those travelling to Macau will need to provide proof of a negative PCR test result obtained within 72 hours, and authorities say people with an amber health code should avoid entering crowded places, such as restaurants and shopping malls.

Businesses have been told to disinfect their premises if anybody with an amber code comes in.

Travellers can depart Macau at any time, for anywhere except the mainland. Before people can travel across the border they must spend at least 10 days in the SAR.

Other pandemic measures in Macau remain in place, including five days of rapid antigen tests for arrivals and compulsory isolation at home for people found to be infected.

"Of course this is much better. I can now make a round trip in a single day," a student from Macau in Hong Kong said of the easing of Covid measures.

A woman surnamed Leung, meanwhile, told RTHK that she doesn't care whether she needs to do PCR tests or not.

A coach operator, Hong Kong-Macau Express, said it will resume services from Saturday, with eight buses travelling in each direction.