FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MONDAY T. 26º/ 31º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3831 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 09 Aug 2021 HKD 10.00 VICIOUS CAR CRASH SENT ONE PJ ARRESTS MAN ON FOREIGN ID DISCREPANCIES, VEHICLE INTO A GLASS FACADE OF A TECHNICAL ERRORS ARE CLINIC BEFORE REVERSING INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF CAUSES OF SOME 7,000 ABSENT SIDE OF ANOTHER CLINIC SPREADING RUMORS TEST RESULTS, SAYS SSM P4 P4 P2 AP PHOTO Japanese police said they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo, in what Japanese media reported to be a random burst of violence unrelated to the ongoing GAMESThe United States (39) OVER Olympic Games. The 36-year-old man told and China (38) topped police he wanted to kill women who appeared gold medal tally by far as happy, and chose his targets at random, public Japan achieved its best broadcaster NHK said. The initial victim, a woman result ever at home games in her 20s, was in serious condition. marred by the pandemic P11 AP PHOTO Indonesia’s most volatile volcano erupted yesterday on the densely populated island of Java, spewing smoke and ash high into the air and sending streams of lava and gasses down its slopes. No casualties were reported. Mount Merapi unleashed clouds of hot ash at least seven times since Sunday morning, as well as a series of fast-moving pyroclastic flows, a mixture of rock, debris, lava and gasses, said Hanik Humaida, who heads the city of Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center. AP PHOTO AP PHOTO Thailand riot police fired water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to repel a crowd of several hundred young anti- government protesters MASS TESTING who marched on an army base where Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- Second ocha has his residence to demand his resignation. round The demonstrators threw rocks, bottles, fireworks and fired slingshots ‘inevitable’ during the hourslong confrontation in the Din once positive Daeng area of Bangkok, which was obscured by swirling smoke. case is found More on backpage P3 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳門 09.08.2021 mon MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER COVID-19 from Kiang Wu Hospital to Avenida da Longevidade, are asked to contact the go- vernment. Foreign ID discrepancies cause Meanwhile, those who took bus route No. 19 be- tween 10:11 p.m. and 11 of absent test results, says SSM p.m. on August 1 from Bor- ANTHONY LAM had been processed. Passengers who took bus der Gate to Rua de Dom It was explained that the route No. 17 between 4:36 Belchior Carneiro should ISCREPANCIES be- center relied on test-takers’ p.m. and 5:23 p.m. on July also contact the govern- Dtween passports and Macau IDs or their passports 27 from Estrada de Coelho ment. blue cards were the main rea- as proof of identity. Howe- do Amaral to Federal Res- The government will an- son some foreigners, mainly ver, as the scheme began taurant in Nam Kwong Buil- nounce a list of Macau Pass non-resident workers, could abruptly last Wednesday, ding, and those on the same numbers that were used to not get their mass test results some test-takers managed route between 8:26 p.m. take the aforementioned posted on their health code, to register with their non- and 9:03 p.m. on August 1 bus rides. local health authorities have -resident worker IDs (blue explained. cards). The explanation was gi- Affected individuals will ven yesterday at the regular be required to take the test Zhengzhou case confirmed health press briefing by Dr again at their own cost un- Tai Wa Hou, coordinator of less they can resolve the only after eight tests Vaccination Operation of the discrepancies between their A Covid-19 patient was handling on July 31 and was Novel Coronavirus Respon- health code data and the test only diagnosed after eight quarantined centrally on se and Coordination Center, data. polymerase chain reaction August 6. as over 7,000 residents have They may call 6333 7492 (PCR) tests conducted Li emphasized the intensity yellow health codes. or 6333 7593 for enquiries. over eight consecutive of the Delta variant of the After the conclusion of days, Li Huifang, deputy SARS-CoV-2 using this the citywide polymerase GOV’T TRACES BUS secretary-general of the case. “This case is a com- chain reaction (PCR) testing 17 & 18 PASSENGERS Zhengzhou Municipal plete proof that the Delta Government of China said variant is highly contagious scheme, some foreigners As part of the tracing for on Saturday. and covert, with atypical close contacts, the gover- who participated could not The patient is a doctor at preliminary symptoms,” get their results posted on nment is now in search of the Sixth People’s Hospital she said. “It is [harder to their health code, even af- bus passengers who were of Zhengzhou. The doctor manage for] our testing and ter the health authorities on the same bus rides at went under centralized diagnosis mechanism.” Health Code with NAT results announced that all samples two particular times. Pandemic situation Vaccination plan resumes unlikely to affect restart following mass testing of universities; exception for UM Renato inoculation done from to people in extreme Renato Marques Marques August 8 to 11. If this need is also suspen- rescheduling does not ded. HE current Covid-19 pan- HE local Covid-19 suit due to personal Tai added that if Tdemic situation in Macau Tvaccination plan circumstances, they residents need psy- is unlikely to affect the start resumed yesterday af- can also reschedule chological counseling of the new school year for the ter a four-day suspen- their vaccination to or other types of help large majority of institutions. sion due to the mass a more convenient provided by the IAS, The only exception seems to testing of nucleic acid time and date, Tai said this support will be be the University of Macau tests (NAT) for the during the health au- provided through the (UM), which has recently an- whole population. thorities’ daily press standard helplines nounced through their online According to infor- briefing on Saturday. from the bureau. communication channels that mation from Dr. Tai Wa As previously sta- During the mass classes starting from August Hou, medical direc- ted, the suspension of testing operation, the 18 will be run online until Au- tor from the Conde de all vaccination posts IAS assisted in the col- gust 31. University of Saint Joseph, demic year, the DSEDJ claims São Januário Hospital was necessary due to lection of NAT sam- As for the Macau Universi- which also does not expect that most are aiming to start Center and coordina- the mega operation of ples from 28 nursing ty of Science and Technology, any changes to the start of normally in the first week of tor of the Health Bu- NAT that came to an homes and facilities classes are scheduled to start their academic year. September. reau’s (SSM) Covid-19 end on Saturday mor- for people with disabi- in person from September 1. According to the Education According to the decision Vaccination Opera- ning. lities, having collected For the time being, no chan- and Youth Development Bu- by the Chief Executive, nur- tion, people who had With the comple- a total of 2,250 sam- ges or adjustments have been reau (DSEDJ), there are cur- series will continue to re- vaccination bookings tion of the nucleic acid ples. A special team announced. rently no plans to adjust the main closed, along with other between August 4 and testing work, the spe- also collected an ad- The same applies to the start of the new school year school and education facili- August 7 can proceed cial hotline from the ditional 111 samples City University of Macau, for the primary and secondary ties, until August 18, the date to the vaccination Social Welfare Bureau directly from people where classes are due to kick schools. Although there are di- which the “immediate pre- points they previously (IAS) dedicated to pro- who were unable to off from August 30. fferences in timing among the vention status” is expected to chose and have their viding special support leave their homes. 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