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On 12 December 2019, Macau officially opened its first rail transit system: the [[Macau Light Rapid Transit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/video/china/3041762/macaus-long-delayed-light-rail-service-begins-carrying-passengers|title=Macau's long-delayed light rail or tram service begins carrying passengers|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=23 December 2019}}</ref>
The '''COVID-19 pandemic in Macau''' was a part of the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic|worldwide pandemic]] of [[coronavirus disease 2019]] ({{nowrap|COVID-19}}) caused by [[severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]] ({{nowrap|SARS-CoV-2}}). The first known case of the disease in the [[special administrative region of China]] was confirmed on 22 January 2020. On 22 January 2020, Macau confirmed two COVID-19 cases, that of a 52-year-old woman and of a 66-year-old man, both from [[Wuhan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20200123/mobile/bkn-20200123095348297-0123_00822_001.html |date=23 January 2020 |work=on.cc |access-date=23 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124014056/https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20200123/mobile/bkn-20200123095348297-0123_00822_001.html |archive-date=24 January 2020 |language=zh-hk |script-title=zh:澳門確診第2宗武漢肺炎 患者為66歲男遊客}}</ref> On the morning of 26 January, the Macau Health Bureau confirmed three additional cases: that of a 58-year-old woman arriving from [[Hong Kong]] on 23 January after travelling to Wuhan, and of two women, aged 21 and 39, both arriving in Macau on 22 January via the [[Lotus Bridge]]; all three were residents of Wuhan. The Macau government has since temporarily closed all schools and universities, and has imposed border controls with temperature checks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://macaunews.mo/government-confirms-5-cases-of-coronavirus-so-far-in-macau/|title=Government confirms 5 cases of coronavirus so far in Macau|date=26 January 2020|website=Macau News|access-date=2020-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126102217/https://macaunews.mo/government-confirms-5-cases-of-coronavirus-so-far-in-macau/|archive-date=26 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The government also declared the closing of several venues to limit the possible spread of the virus, including several entertainment venues and planned Lunar New Year performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2020/01/28/macau-irs-close-facilities-as-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-reach-seven/|title=Macau IRs close facilities as confirmed Coronavirus cases reach seven|date=28 January 2020|website=Inside Asian Gaming|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129140552/https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2020/01/28/macau-irs-close-facilities-as-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-reach-seven/|archive-date=29 January 2020|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref> The city saw nine more cases by 4 February, but no more cases until 15 March, when imported cases began to appear.<ref name="US News 24 Mar">{{cite news |last1=Keegan |first1=Matthew |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-03-24/macau-how-a-densely-populated-chinese-territory-is-keeping-coronavirus-at-bay |title=Lessons From Macau, the Densely Populated Region Beating Back COVID-19 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=2020-03-24 |access-date=2020-04-10 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410143104/https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-03-24/macau-how-a-densely-populated-chinese-territory-is-keeping-coronavirus-at-bay |url-status=live }}</ref> Stringent government measures<ref name="Social Transformations in Chinese Societies">{{cite journal |last1=Lou|first1=Loretta|url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/STICS-09-2020-0025/full/html |title=Casino capitalism in the era of COVID-19: examining Macau's pandemic response |journal=[[Social Transformations in Chinese Societies]] |date=2021-03-26 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=69–79 |doi=10.1108/STICS-09-2020-0025 |s2cid=233650925 |access-date=2021-03-26 }}</ref> have included the 15-day closure of all 81 [[Gambling in Macau|casinos in the territory]] in February 2020; in addition, effective 25 March, the territory disallowed connecting flights at [[Macau International Airport|its airport]] as well as entry by all non-residents (with the exception of residents of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), and from 6 April, the [[Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge]] was closed to public transport and most other traffic.
The territory had not suffered a major outbreak of COVID-19 until June 2022, when a cluster of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases prompted the government to implement restrictions, including the closure of non-essential businesses and repeated rounds of mandatory mass testing of its entire population,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/macau-begins-11th-round-mass-testing-worst-covid-outbreak-2022-07-18/ | title=Macau begins 11th round of mass testing in worst COVID outbreak | newspaper=Reuters | date=18 July 2022 }}</ref> in line with mainland China's [[Zero-COVID]] policy ({{lang-pt|Meta Dinâmica de Infecção Zero}}).<ref name="jun22">{{Cite news|title=Macau shuts most businesses amid COVID outbreak, casinos stay open|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/macau-shuts-most-businesses-restaurants-amid-mass-testing-casinos-stay-open-2022-06-20/|access-date=2022-06-24|website=Reuters|date=21 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Palavras-chave sobre a pandemia da COVID-19 新冠疫情關鍵詞（一）抗疫工具及政策篇|url=https://cpelab.mpu.edu.mo/OnlinePlatform/page01.html|publisher=澳門理工大學 中葡英機器翻譯聯合實驗室}}</ref>
At a press conference on 5 January 2023, the [[Health Bureau (Macau)|Macau Health Bureau]] director Alvis Lo Iek Long stated that COVID-19 has become an endemic disease in Macau, and announced the cancellation of almost all entry curbs and measures. The statement follows a transition period that began on 8 December with the gradual easing of transmission curbs.<ref name=jan2023-1/><ref name=jan2023-2/>
==See also==
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