Macau’s Covid-19 task force has detected a second case of Omicron only days after its first
Macau’s Covid-19 task thrust has detected a secondment case of Omicron only days after its first.
A 62-year-old adult male returning home from the US was diagnosed with the variant, though at this time, he remains asymptomatic.
In a statement, Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre said the man was time-tested forthwith on arrival, which returned a electropositive termination for Covid-19. group A taste was then sent for viral genome sequencing, which flagged his contagion as Omicron.
The adult male reportedly flew from Los Angeles to capital of Singapore on Noel Day and from there, took a connecting flight of steps to Macau.
Due to his asymptomatic nature, his status has not been added to the city’s running chalk up of confirmed cases. Since the bulge of December, Macau has separately recorded symptomless cases.
This comes after a 23-year-old occupier studying in the US tried positive for the variant after arriving inward the metropolis on 26 December. When word of Omicron’s arrival inward Macau broke, Hong Kong shares of companies with operations inwards the Orient Asian gambling hub tumbled.
Sands Cathay and Galaxy Entertainment suffered drops of over 2%, and this in vogue(p) developing is a farther puff to businesses based inwards the city.
Health authorities reiterated that the Omicron variant is extremely infective and cautioned residents against overseas move unless dead necessary.
Macau has also maintained hefty journey restrictions, with non-resident visitors barred from entering the city, piece all residents arriving from overseas are subject to a quarantine regardless of whether or non they run positive.
Neighbouring Hong Kong was a significant source of gamblers before the pandemic, but it has been impinge on especially concentrated past the unexampled variant, with the city’s Centre for Health Protection reporting 70 cases of Omicron detected so far.