Macau health authorities have announced stricter measures for travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Macau health authorities<\/strong> have stepped up Covid-19 measures for visitors from Hong Kong<\/strong> as cases escalate in the region. People arriving in Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge will have to wait at the boundary-crossing point for the result of a Covid-19 test<\/strong>, the results of which may take up to six hours to obtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Macau\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre<\/strong>, those with a negative result will be taken to a medical observation hotel for a 14-day quarantine<\/strong>. Positive cases will have to isolate and go on through treatment at a dedicated clinical centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities also announced that, from February 21<\/strong>, people aged 12 or over setting off from either Hong Kong or Taiwan<\/strong> will have to show proof of vaccination<\/strong> against Covid-19 before they are allowed to travel to Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau has relaxed quarantine requirements for Taiwan visitors. They will now need to stay in a medical observation hotel for 14 days down from 21 days. Travellers will then need to undergo a seven-day health self-management period, during which they need to be tested on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 7th days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Macau health authorities have announced stricter measures for travellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":26708,"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 health authorities have intensified COVID-19 travel restrictions for visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, including mandatory testing at entry points, 14-day hotel quarantines, and vaccination proof requirements. While quarantine for Taiwan visitors has been slightly eased, the overall measures reflect a tightening of border controls impacting inbound tourism and, consequently, the gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Zhuhai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of these intensified travel restrictions on Macau's Q1 and Q2 2022 Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for major concessionaires?"},{"label":"Operational Adjustments","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators adjusting their operational expenditure, staffing levels, and marketing strategies in response to these prolonged inbound tourism impediments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[1619,257,1811],"class_list":["post-27356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-hong-kong","tag-macau","tag-taiwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27356","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27362,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27356\/revisions\/27362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}