The company reported several infections at a canteen but the property has not been closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Malaysia.- Genting Malaysia\u2019s flagship integrated resort, Resorts World Genting (RWG), says that several workers at its Genting Highlands staff canteens have tested positive for<\/ins> COVID-19.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a company statement issued Thursday, the positive cases were detected during a regular health and safety screening with all affected workers immediately isolated. No details were provided on the exact number of positive cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WG said it has now undertaken contact tracing, adding that “for precaution, we have asked some employees who have been to these canteens be accommodated separately for a certain period. Meanwhile, we have reported the matter to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and will work closely with the authority to address this.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n RWG previously reported in November that an employee from its security department had tested positive, however it confirmed infections at the popular tourist resort have remained few and far between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday\u2019s statement said RWG remains open and that the staff canteen in question has been thoroughly sanitised and disinfected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “These canteens are not accessible to the public,” it said. “We assure everyone that SOPs are in place and will be continuously reviewed and enhanced to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all in Resorts World Genting.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The company reported several infections at a canteen but the property has not been closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Genting Malaysia's Resorts World Genting (RWG) reported COVID-19 infections among staff at its Genting Highlands canteens, detected during routine screenings. Affected workers were isolated, and contact tracing initiated, with the Ministry of Health notified. Despite the cases, RWG remains operational, emphasizing that public areas are unaffected and enhanced SOPs are in place.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia, Resorts World Genting (RWG), Ministry of Health (MOH)","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Genting Highlands","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q4 Operational Impact?","query":"What is the specific impact of these reported infections on Resorts World Genting's Q4 operational metrics and projected revenue, considering the property remains open?"},{"label":"Enterprise Risk Framework?","query":"How do these incidents influence Genting Malaysia's broader enterprise risk management framework, particularly concerning workforce health and safety protocols across its global portfolio?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16333],"tags":[12436],"class_list":["post-13165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13165"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13180,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13165\/revisions\/13180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}