MACAO -. Macau Region Special Administrative Government (SAR) will spend 420 million patacas (about $ 52.61 million) to buy COVID 19 shots for all residents of Macao, said Commissioner of Health of the HKSAR on Tuesday p >
Macao Health Bureau director Lei Chin Ion told reporters that the SAR government contacted six vaccine producers from mainland China and abroad to purchase 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 shots. P>
added that the price for each dose was estimated at 300 patacas (about $ 37.58), and the government will spend 420 million patacas (about $ 52.61 million) in total. P>
Lei said so after having participated in an opening ceremony of a community health center on the Macau peninsula. P>
from Tuesday, Macau does not have COVID-19 transmission in the community, no local cases confirmed for 219 consecutive days and no cases imported for 130 consecutive days. P>
