Macau Announces End to Zero-Covid Policy
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- Macau follows what China’s leadership tells them to and now it is confirmed that Zero Covid is dead.
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Macau follows what China’s leadership tells them to and now it is confirmed that Zero Covid is dead. Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs formally announced that Macau is undergoing a ‘gradual reopening’ as authorities realize they can no longer control the outbreak in the community and mainland Chinese policies shift towards a more open approach. The translation is after falling a year behind everyone else in this world, Macau and China have finally realized it is time to learn how to live with the virus. The Macau official said they expect to have an increase in the number of cases in the city and that it will be impossible to continue to shut themselves in Macau. They said their future measures will not allow a large-scale outbreak and hope citizens can understand the characteristics of the pandemic. The officials referenced the weakening of the deadliness of the virus, something the rest of the world realized a long time ago. Early this week we told you there was a
