{"id":14585,"date":"2021-02-11T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14585"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:54:04","slug":"macau-starts-covid-19-vaccination-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-starts-covid-19-vaccination-plan","title":{"rendered":"Macau starts Covid-19 vaccination plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first 595 residents have been vaccinated and more than 4,000 have registered to receive their first shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.-\u00a0The Macau government has begun Covid-19 vaccinations<\/strong> using vaccines made in mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng received the first vaccine<\/strong> in a bid to display a positive image and increase residents\u2019 confidence in the safety of the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first 595 residents have now been vaccinated and more than 4,000 have registered to receive their first shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first vaccines, which are being administered free of charge, are being given to frontline workers<\/strong> including medical staff and firefighters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ao Ieong U, Macau\u2019s secretary for social affairs and culture, has previously announced that casino dealers will also be on the priority list<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau <\/strong>expects to receive between 6 and 10 million tourists<\/a><\/em><\/strong> this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first 595 residents have been vaccinated and more than 4,000 have registered to receive their first shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14591,"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 commenced its COVID-19 vaccination program, with Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng publicly receiving the initial dose to bolster public confidence. Crucially for the gaming sector, casino dealers are prioritized for vaccination, aligning with Macau's projection of attracting 6 to 10 million tourists this year, signaling a potential recovery in GGR and NGR.","focusai_entities":"Ho Iat Seng, Ao Ieong U, Macau government","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Macau's integrated resorts, factoring in the accelerated vaccination of casino staff and the anticipated 6-10 million tourist arrivals?"},{"label":"Operational Readiness","query":"How will the prioritization of casino dealers for vaccination impact the operational readiness and staffing levels across Macau's gaming verticals, particularly concerning potential labor shortages or capacity constraints?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14585","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=14585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14598,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14585\/revisions\/14598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}