The Macau Special Administrative Region Government ordered all residents of the Philippine passports to conduct nucleic acid testing every day from Friday (July 22), because the Macau government believes that the proportion of Philippine residents infected with crown disease.
According to the website of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, the Macau Crown Disease Infection Coordination Center said at a press conference on Thursday (July 21) that according to the latest accurate diagnosis data analysis, the proportion of the Philippines infection is relatively high.In order to detect the infected people of the group early, and treat it early, add the Philippine talents (including Macau residents holding the Philippine passport) to the key groups, and have performed nucleic acid testing every day from Friday.
The center of strain coordination stated that in the current general positive cases, the number of people in the Philippines accurate for the number of people in the diagnosis of 9.5%, which officially described this as a very high number.At the same time, the communication between the group is very frequent. Therefore, the Macau government hopes to test them to the key cases of the key population and find potential cases in the community.
According to Bloomberg, this move in Macau echo the measures taken in Hong Kong last May last year.After Hong Kong reported that a guest worker was infected with crown diseases in May last year, all foreign family helpers must receive nucleic acid testing.Most of the Hong Kong family commissioners come from the Philippines.
Hong Kong government officials also said at the time that the group of people tended to meet with friends on a rest day and had the risk of cross -family infection.However, because other professional groups did not need to be tested, the Hong Kong Government's measures at that time also attracted criticism.
However, this is not the first time that the Macau Special Administrative Region Government uses races to define high -risk groups.In October last year, the Macau government ordered foreign workers from Nepal and Vietnam to conduct nucleic acid testing every day for a total of four times.In the early days when the outbreak of the epidemic broke out, Myanmar workers were also required to test nucleic acid testing.
According to the official news agency of the Philippine government, as of July 2021, there are 28,000 Philippine workers working in Macau.people.
Macau lawyer Paulo Carochas posted on the Facebook on Thursday that the Macau government listed the Philippines as a key group and required to conduct a daily detection decision.EssenceHe also said that if the local Philippine Consulate hopes to take legal operations, he will provide free services for the consulate.
However, the Philippine Consulate General in Macau said in Facebook that it is necessary to avoid turning this into a political issue. In the past, there were several officials that focus on people with specific nationalities. ThereforeA healthy issue is treated and called on Filipino people in Macau to keep calm and understand.
The Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister Eduardo Menez said he "will discuss with relevant departments and seek response."
Five positive cases were added on Macau on Monday, all found in isolation control, and no social cases were found.As the epidemic slows down, Macau will allow some companies including casinos to resume business on Saturday (July 23).
