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10.24am GMT
The semi-autonomous region of Macau has imposed new restrictions on vistitors from mainland China, AFP’s Hong Kong correspondent reports.
Moreover, no one who has been to Hubei in the past 14 days will be allowed in any casino from Jan 27, Macau announced.
The government will investigate 1,113 Hubei residents in the city from 9am on Jan 27 and advise those in fine health to leave. Otherwise they’ll be quarantined.
Macau promised to announce number of Hubei visitors newly admitted in the city every day.
It calls on its residents in mainland China to return home and self-quarantine for 2wks.
All civil servants must fill out health declaration form when they arrive at work everyday.
10.10am GMT
Hubei province has suspended inter-province and inter-city buses intensifying the lockdown designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Chinese state media is reporting.
Shandong province and the cities of Beijing, Tianjin an Xi’an had earlier suspended inter-city and chartered buses from crossing their borders.
