Macau’s indoor venues to require vaccination proof for admission

Authorities in Macau are analysing the possibility of tightening Covid-19 countermeasures and imposing vaccination requirements for admission to certain local indoor venues.

Macau.- Elsie Ao Ieong U, Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, has announced authorities are analysing the possibility of requiring proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative Covid-19 nucleic acid test result for admission to indoor venues.

The measure will be for places such as restaurants but it is still unknown if casinos will be reached by the rule.

Last November, casino operators announced a rise in vaccination rates among workers in Macau with the majority reaching rates of over 90 per cent.

As of now, about 63 per cent of the city’s population have been fully vaccinated, according to the Ministry of Health.

Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s chief executive had said that once the city achieves an 80 per cent vaccination rate, it will be easier to negotiate a travel bubble with other regions.

Mainland China continues to be the only country to have a largely quarantine-free travel bubble with Macau.