{"id":14012,"date":"2021-02-01T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T14:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14012"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:12:31","slug":"macau-casino-dealers-on-priority-list-for-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-dealers-on-priority-list-for-covid-19-vaccine","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino dealers on priority list for Covid-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Macau government has purchased more than 1m doses of Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.-\u00a0Ao Ieong U, Macau\u2019s secretary for social affairs and culture, announced today that <strong>casino dealers are on the city\u2019s priority list to receive vaccination against Covid-19<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid-19 <strong>vaccination in Macau will be free-of-charge<\/strong> to Macau ID holders, non-resident workers, and non-resident students. According to the latest statistics, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/89-of-macau-casino-workers-are-local\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>89% of Macau casino workers are local<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macau government has purchased more than 1m vaccine doses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, Macau\u2019s casino<strong> gross gaming revenue reached its highest level since January 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, <strong>customers visiting casinos must show a negative Covid-19 test result<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macau government has purchased more than 1m doses of Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau government has prioritized casino dealers for free COVID-19 vaccination, procuring over 1 million doses to support the gaming sector's recovery. This initiative aims to enhance operational stability and potentially ease current entry requirements for casino patrons, following a recent uplift in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR).","focusai_entities":"Ao Ieong U, Macau government","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Vaccination Rate Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for achieving critical vaccination rates among Macau's casino workforce, and how might this accelerate the relaxation of current patron entry requirements?"},{"label":"Border Reopening Strategy?","query":"How will the prioritization of casino staff for vaccination influence the Macau government's strategy for border reopening and the potential for a return to pre-pandemic GGR levels?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-14012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14050,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions\/14050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}