{"id":21275,"date":"2021-08-09T07:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T10:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21275"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:49:48","slug":"macau-mass-testing-ends-with-no-new-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-mass-testing-ends-with-no-new-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Macau mass testing ends with no new Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities carried out mass testing for Covid-19 after four cases were detected in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The government of Macau has reported\u00a0<strong>no new Covid-19 cases <\/strong>after authorities tested the entire population over the last three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local media reports,<strong>\u00a0716,251 people were tested<\/strong>, all of them returning negative results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although authorities considering testing the entire city back in June when a rise in Covid-19 cases was detected in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-considers-mass-testing-due-to-covid-19-cases-in-guangdong\">the neighbouring province of Guangdong<\/a>, this was Macau&#8217;s first mass testing for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Macau\u2019s Health Bureau has said it may carry out a possible second mass testing\u00a0<\/strong>but that it shouldn&#8217;t be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities had already implemented new controls requiring&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-to-resume-covid-19-test-rules-for-mainland-china\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all visitors to Macau<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>from any mainland Chinese city to hold a negative<strong>&nbsp;nucleic acid test certificate<\/strong>&nbsp;for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andy Wu Keng Kuong<\/strong>, president of the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-summer-expectations-hit-by-recent-covid-19-outbreak\">Macau Travel Industry Council<\/a>, said the city now expects an<strong>\u00a0average hotel occupancy rate of less than 50 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0for August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casinos remain open for now, though Couglan said a&nbsp;<strong>return to \u201cnormal levels\u201d of business will depend on an increase in the vaccination rate&nbsp;<\/strong>in the city and its neighbouring provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities carried out mass testing for Covid-19 after four cases were detected in Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 authorities conducted mass COVID-19 testing, with all 716,251 results returning negative, following the detection of four cases. Despite the successful testing, the Macau Travel Industry Council anticipates hotel occupancy rates below 50% for August due to ongoing travel restrictions and low vaccination rates in the region. Casinos remain operational, but a return to pre-pandemic business levels is contingent on increased vaccination uptake.","focusai_entities":"Macau Travel Industry Council, Andy Wu Keng Kuong, Macau's Health Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q3 GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact for Q3 2021 for Macau's concessionaires, considering these persistent travel restrictions and low hotel occupancy rates?"},{"label":"Operational Adjustments?","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators adjusting their operational expenditure, staffing levels, and marketing strategies in response to sustained low visitor volumes and uncertain recovery timelines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-21275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21275","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=21275"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21318,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21275\/revisions\/21318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}