{"id":18085,"date":"2021-05-20T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18085"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:23:17","slug":"marina-bay-sands-reopens-24-hours-after-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-reopens-24-hours-after-closing","title":{"rendered":"Marina Bay Sands reopens 24 hours after closing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marina Bay Sands closed its doors after two workers tested positive for Covid-19 but has reopened 24 hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore.- The casino resort\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/marina-bay-sands-closes-after-two-covid-19-cases\">Marina Bay Sands<\/a>\u00a0(MBS) has\u00a0<strong>reopened its doors<\/strong> 24 hours after announcing a temporary shutdown because two workers tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The casino said in a statement that it would carry out<strong> deep cleaning before reopening<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marina Bay Sands<\/strong>\u00a0said <strong>employees<\/strong>\u00a0who were in close contact with those who tested positive workers had been instructed to\u00a0<strong>stay at home<\/strong>\u00a0and monitor their health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The casino operator also announced<strong>\u00a0it will be operating with revised capacities and stricter safety measures<\/strong>\u00a0until June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marina Bay Sands has asked all visitors to use the\u00a0<strong>TraceTogether app<\/strong>, a digital system implemented by Singapore&#8217;s government to facilitate the <strong>identification of people <\/strong>who may have come into close contact with someone who\u00a0<strong>has tested positive for Covid-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests were also reminded to<strong>\u00a0wear masks at all times<\/strong>, to maintain the one-metre distancing rule and to avoid congregating in groups of more than two persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marina Bay Sands will also have so-called <strong>Safe Distancing Ambassadors<\/strong>\u00a0roaming around the property to remind guests of the measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore&#8217;s Ministry of Health reported\u00a0<strong>34 new Covid-19 community cases\u00a0<\/strong>by noon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble delayed until June<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Singapore\u2019s Ministry of Transport&nbsp;<\/strong>has confirmed that the planned&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-hong-kong-travel-bubble-delayed-again\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">travel bubble<\/a>&nbsp;between Singapore and Hong Kong has been put back until at least June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the main requirements for the travel bubble was that&nbsp;<strong>the two countries should have zero cases of Covid-19<\/strong>. Hong Kong has met the criteria, but the emergence of new cases in Singapore rules out the arrangement for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Transport had previously announced that an<strong>&nbsp;air travel bubble with Hong Kong was to begin on May 26<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Bay Sands closed its doors after two workers tested positive for Covid-19 but has reopened 24 hours later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Marina Bay Sands, a prominent integrated resort in Singapore, temporarily ceased operations for 24 hours following two employee COVID-19 positive tests, subsequently reopening with enhanced health protocols and revised capacities. Concurrently, Singapore's Ministry of Transport announced a delay in the anticipated air travel bubble with Hong Kong due to new community cases, impacting regional tourism and integrated resort visitation projections.","focusai_entities":"Marina Bay Sands, Singapore\u2019s Ministry of Health, Singapore\u2019s Ministry of Transport","focusai_location":"Singapore, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MBS GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for Marina Bay Sands resulting from these operational adjustments and the delayed Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble, considering revised capacities and visitation trends?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Efficacy?","query":"How effective has Singapore's regulatory framework been in balancing public health imperatives with the operational continuity of its integrated resorts, particularly concerning contact tracing and capacity management?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23907,168],"class_list":["post-18085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino","tag-marina-bay-sands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18085","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=18085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18127,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18085\/revisions\/18127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}