{"id":24611,"date":"2021-11-17T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24611"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:45:40","slug":"macau-casino-operators-report-over-90-vaccination-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-report-over-90-vaccination-rates","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino operators report over 90% vaccination rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau casino operators have reported that they have reached vaccination rates of over 90 per cent among staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Casino operators have announced\u00a0<strong>a rise in vaccination rates among workers in Macau\u00a0<\/strong>with the majority reaching rates of over 90 per cent. The Ministry of Health recently reported that <strong>55.8 per cent of Macau\u2019s population had been fully vaccinated<\/strong>\u00a0against Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MGM Resorts<\/strong>\u00a0told GGRAsia that 94 per cent of its staff have been fully vaccinated as part of its Outreach Vaccination Program. While sharing its financial results for the third quarter of the year,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-entertainment-revenue-down-23-for-q3\">Galaxy Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0reported a vaccination rate of 92 per cent. The company hopes to achieve 95 per cent in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SJM Resorts Ltd<\/strong> has reported a staff vaccination rate of 90 per cent, while <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-resorts-posts-us446-4m-in-operating-revenue-for-q3\">Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd<\/a>\u00a0has reached a 95 per cent vaccination rate. <strong>Sands China<\/strong>\u00a0is close to 92 per cent. <strong>Wynn Macau Ltd<\/strong>\u00a0told GGRAsia it has also reached a 92 per cent vaccination rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two weeks ago,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-will-aim-to-open-borders-when-80-vaccination-rate-reached\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ho Iat Seng<\/a>, Macau\u2019s chief executive has said that once the city achieves an 80 per cent vaccination rate, it will be easier to negotiate a travel bubble with other regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau casino operators have reported that they have reached vaccination rates of over 90 per cent among staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20825,"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's integrated resort operators, including MGM, Galaxy, SJM, Melco, Sands China, and Wynn Macau, have achieved staff vaccination rates exceeding 90%. This surpasses the general population's vaccination rate and is a critical factor for negotiating travel bubbles, as highlighted by Macau's Chief Executive, signaling potential market recovery.","focusai_entities":"MGM Resorts, Galaxy Entertainment, SJM Resorts Ltd, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, Sands China, Wynn Macau Ltd, Ministry of Health, Ho Iat Seng","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.98), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What is the projected timeline for Macau's GGR recovery, considering these high operator vaccination rates and the potential for imminent travel bubble negotiations?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might Macau's regulatory compliance and governance frameworks evolve to support the implementation of travel bubbles and ensure sustained public health safety within integrated resorts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-24611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611","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=24611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24634,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24611\/revisions\/24634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}