The Macau government has announced that from Friday, the health code for people entering Macau from Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign countries will be changed to a yellow code for five days for self-health management (colloquially known as “0+5″), with the requirement for home confinement after entering Macau to be abolished just six days after it was introduced.
The Macau government have also announced the abolition of the requirement for an immediate nucleic acid test (NAT) upon entry into Macau, red code upon entry into Macau and the requirement for nucleic acid testing on the third day after entry. Proof of a negative NAT no more than 72 hours prior to departure on the journey to Macau is required.
Upon entry into Macau, health codes will immediately be set to yellow, with the entrant subject to self-health management for five days. A rapid antigen test will need be conducted daily for those five consecutive days starting from the day after entry and the results must be uploaded to the entrant’s Macau health code.
After five days of uploading negative RAT test results, the health code will change to green.
If any RAT is positive, the health code will change red and home isolation will be required.
The requirement to not travel from Macau to mainland China within eight days of entry into Macau will remain.
The Macau government has also announced rules for the release of red codes for confirmed patients. Red codes will be removed under any of the following circumstances:
- If a confirmed patient has two RATs 12 hours apart, and they are both negative.
- If a confirmed patient has a NAT which is negative, or positive but with a CT value of 35 or more.
- If a confirmed patient is positive and has symptoms for more than seven days.
