{"id":2625,"date":"2020-01-22T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:41:19","slug":"macau-pneumonia-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-pneumonia-virus","title":{"rendered":"First case of Pneumonia virus hits Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pneumonia virus outbreak that started in China has now spread to Japan, Thailand, South Korea and Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Authorities have confirmed the first case of Wuhan coronavirus-linked pneumonia in Macau. <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-pneumonia\"><em><strong>Despite huge efforts to keep the infection<\/strong><\/em><\/a> out of the international gaming hub, the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gaming-pneumonia\"><em><strong>pneumonia outbreak<\/strong><\/em><\/a> has now hit the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first victim is a 52-year-old businesswoman from Wuhan who had spent two days at the New Orient Landmark casino hotel before she displayed symptoms of the virus and was hospitalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to official information there are 440 confirmed cases and 9 people dead. Symptoms include fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing. The viral infection can be transmitted from person to person and the virus can mutate as it spreads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has asked local gaming operators to reinforce preventive measures at their casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pneumonia-china-macau-gaming\"><em><strong>Bernstein analysts forecasted this week<\/strong><\/em><\/a> that the situation could impact GGR if the spread of the virus gets worse, as it seems to be doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pneumonia virus outbreak that started in China has now spread to Japan, Thailand, South Korea and Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2576,"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 first confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus in Macau has prompted the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) to mandate enhanced preventive measures across local gaming operators. Bernstein analysts project a potential negative impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) if the viral spread escalates, signaling immediate operational and financial concerns for the region's gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, DICJ, Bernstein, New Orient Landmark","focusai_location":"China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Macau, Wuhan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Projections","query":"What specific GGR contraction scenarios are Bernstein and other sell-side analysts modeling for Macau, considering various viral containment timelines and potential travel restrictions?"},{"label":"Operator Mitigation Strategies","query":"Beyond DICJ's directives, what advanced operational mitigation strategies are Macau's integrated resort operators implementing to safeguard staff and patrons, and how are these impacting operational expenditure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,16338],"tags":[257,5335],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau","tag-pneumonia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2652,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}