| Title |
COVID-19 prevention and control strategies: learning from the Macau model |
| ID_Doc |
69222 |
| Authors |
Zhao, YJ; Xu, JQ; Bai, W; Sun, HL; Shui, B; Yang, ZX; Huang, JB; Smith, RD; Hu, YJ; Xiang, YT |
| Title |
COVID-19 prevention and control strategies: learning from the Macau model |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
International Journal Of Biological Sciences, 18.0, 14 |
| DOI |
10.7150/ijbs.70177 |
| Abstract |
Background: Macau is a densely populated international tourist city. Compared to most tensely populated countries/territories, the prevalence and mortality of COVID-19 in Macau are lower. The experiences in Macau could be helpful for other areas to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This article introduced the endeavours and achievements of Macau in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods were used to explore the work, measures, and achievements of Macau in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.Results: The results reveal that Macau has provided undifferentiated mask purchase reservation services, COVID-19 vaccination services to all residents and non-residents in Macau along with delivering multilingual services, in Chinese, English and Portuguese, to different groups of the population. To facilitate the travels of people, business and trades between Macau and mainland China, the Macau government launched the Macao Health Code System, which uses the health status declaration, residence history declaration, contact history declaration of the declarant to match various relevant backend databases within the health authority and provide a risk-related colour code operations. The Macao Health Code System connects to the Chinese mainland's own propriety health code system seamlessly, whilst effectively protecting the privacy of the residents. Macau has also developed the COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment system, the Nucleic Acid Test Appointment system, the Port and Entry/Exit Quarantine system, the medical and other supporting systems.Conclusion: The efforts in Macau have achieved remarkable results in COVID-19 prevention and control, effectively safeguarding the lives and health of the people and manifesting the core principle of "serving the public". The measures used are sustainable and can serve as an important reference for other countries/regions. |
| Author Keywords |
COVID-19; Macau; strategy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000850126000001 |
| WoS Category |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biology |
| Research Area |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
| PDF |
https://www.ijbs.com/v18p5317.pdf
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