{"id":13372,"date":"2021-01-14T11:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T11:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=13372"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:42:14","slug":"macau-airport-to-provide-covid-19-nucleic-acid-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-airport-to-provide-covid-19-nucleic-acid-tests","title":{"rendered":"Macau Airport to provide Covid-19 nucleic acid tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the intention to continue receiving visitors, health authorities in the SAR have arranged for Covid-19 tests to be offered on arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Macau International Airport (MIA) has implemented an on-site nucleic acid test service <\/strong>for passengers arriving in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macau Health Bureau has contracted a third-party testing laboratory to provide the service, which began operating this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The testing services will be provided to <strong>air passengers with valid tickets<\/strong>, staff from entities related to the airport and frontline border staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The test will be charged at MOP100 per test, with no free first test as provided at other public testing locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible <strong>users need to make an appointment to undergo nucleic acid tests<\/strong> at MIA via the designated online appointment system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIA reported 1.17 million passenger movements in 2020, down 88 per cent on the previous year. Half of them were residents of mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-china-reports-new-infections\"><strong>China reports new infections<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The growth of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-asks-guangdong-residents-not-to-travel-for-new-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covid-19 infections in neighbouring provinces such as Guangdong<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is a concern for authorities in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-cautious-over-chinese-new-year-estimates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese New Year holiday<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on the horizon, authorities have asked citizens in Guangdong not to travel during the period in order to contain the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the intention to continue receiving visitors, health authorities in the SAR have arranged for Covid-19 tests to be offered on arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau International Airport has implemented mandatory on-site nucleic acid testing for arriving passengers, a public health measure by the Macau Health Bureau to mitigate Covid-19 transmission risks. 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