52-year-old businesswoman from Wuhan<\/a><\/em><\/strong> who had spent two days at the New Orient Landmark casino hotel displayed symptoms of the virus and was hospitalised. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDirector of the Health Bureau\u2019s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Lam Chong, said in a press briefing that they have also isolated ten people that had close contact with the patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result of the second confirmed case, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has taken the decision to cancel the city\u2019s Chinese New Year celebratory activities including the \u201cParade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat\u201d scheduled on January 27 and February 1 \u2013 the Chinese-language radio service of the city\u2019s public broadcaster TDM reported on Thursday morning.
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