Macau authorities have stated that a travel bubble with Hong Kong will be possible once Hong Kong has gone at least 28 days without any new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.-\u00a0Alvis Lo lek Long<\/strong>, Macau Health Bureau director, has said that a\u00a0travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0between Hong Kong and Macau could be contemplated once Hong Kong passes 28 days without a local Covid-19 case<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities had previously said Hong Kong should reach 14 consecutive days without a new Covid-19 case to start talks about a travel bubble\u00a0<\/strong>but it seems the opinion has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once travel between\u00a0Hong Kong and Macau<\/strong>\u00a0is finally allowed, it is expected Macau will only allow vaccinated people to enter the city, showing a negative Covid-19 test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A travel bubble between Macau and Hong Kong is vital for Macau’s economic recovery as\u00a0Hong Kong provides 10 to 15 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>of Macau\u2019s annual casino gross gaming revenue (GGR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For now,\u00a0mainland China<\/strong>\u00a0is the only country to have a\u00a0largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0with Macau. However, the number of tourists was affected by a rise in Covid-19 cases in Guangdong province during the first weeks of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau authorities<\/a>\u00a0are now considering\u00a0easing restrictions<\/strong>\u00a0on travellers from Guangdong amid a\u00a0decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases.<\/strong> They have already announced that people coming from\u00a0Shenzhen city and Maoming city<\/strong>\u00a0no longer need to undergo\u00a0a 14-day quarantine<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for the vaccination rate in Hong Kong,\u00a024.2 per cent of people have received a first dose<\/strong>. It\u2019s a slower rollout than in some other countries, such as Singapore, where 47.3 per cent of people have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The obligatory quarantine for\u00a0those arriving in Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0will be reduced to seven days for those who have been vaccinated and passed an antibody test, and who are not coming from high-risk countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bloomberg, the change will depend on trials of antibody tests that are currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Countries deemed high risk<\/strong> include Japan, the US and the UK. Visitors from countries like India<\/a> that are catalogued as \u201cextremely high risk\u201d are not allowed to enter Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHong Kong shortens quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n