{"id":16217,"date":"2021-03-25T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16217"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:51:09","slug":"macau-gaming-workers-urge-cancellation-of-social-distancing-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-workers-urge-cancellation-of-social-distancing-policies","title":{"rendered":"Macau gaming workers urge cancellation of social distancing policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau gaming workers want social distancing requirements to be scrapped as the risk of Covid-19 infections falls in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>The New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association<\/strong> has submitted a letter to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau asking for the cancellation of<strong> social distancing policies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the <strong>Macau government has imposed measures in a bid to contain the spread of the virus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Casinos were closed for 15 days in February 2020<\/strong>, after which the number of gaming tables was limited to no more than half of capacity to ensure more space between tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Macau gaming workers <\/strong>want the government to<strong>\u00a0ease Covid-19 restrictions<\/strong> further to boost gaming revenues, noting that customer flow had shown a recovery since the removal of mandatory virus tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-visitors-down-23-in-february\" target=\"_blank\">Casinos have already relaxed a prohibition on players standing at gaming tables<\/a><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>provided they are at least 1 metre (3.3 feet) apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have also announced that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-reduces-quarantine-for-hong-kong-arrivals-to-14-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a negative Covid-19 test result is no longer needed to enter Macau\u2019s casinos<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau gaming workers want social distancing requirements to be scrapped as the risk of Covid-19 infections falls in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau gaming workers, represented by the New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association, have formally petitioned the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau to eliminate all remaining social distancing protocols. 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