{"id":27997,"date":"2022-03-11T08:54:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27997"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:35:44","slug":"macau-reports-vaccination-rate-of-over-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-reports-vaccination-rate-of-over-80","title":{"rendered":"Macau reports vaccination rate of over 80%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Macau have reported that more than 80 per cent of the territory&#8217;s population have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Macau has confirmed that 80.2 per cent of the population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against Covid-19. Some 496,404 people have received two or more doses and 51,966 just one, according to the city&#8217;s Novel Coronavirus Response Coordination Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-report-over-90-vaccination-rates\" target=\"_blank\">Macau casino operators<\/a>\u00a0launched various campaigns to increase vaccination rates among their employees by offering special paid leave and other benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-entertainment-revenue-down-7-for-q4\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Entertainment Group<\/a>\u00a0has allowed one day of Family Vaccine Leave per elegible family member for employees who need to accompany their children under 18 or parents aged 70. Its programme will\u00a0<strong>run until June 30<\/strong>. GEG said\u00a0<strong>nearly 95 per cent of its team members have been vaccinated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last December, Ho Iat Seng, Macau\u2019s chief executive said that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-will-aim-to-open-borders-when-80-vaccination-rate-reached\" target=\"_blank\">once the city achieved an 80 per cent vaccination rate<\/a>, it would be easier to negotiate a travel bubble with other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\u00a0<strong>Hong Kong has recorded a new rise in Covid-19 cases<\/strong>\u00a0despite efforts to achieve a zero-coronavirus policy. The country may <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-may-postpone-mass-testing-for-covid-19-until-april\" target=\"_blank\">delay mass testing for Covid-19<\/a>\u00a0to focus on reducing deaths and caring for the elderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Macau have reported that more than 80 per cent of the territory&#8217;s population have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21514,"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 has achieved an 80.2% COVID-19 vaccination rate, a key threshold for negotiating travel bubbles, with casino operators like Galaxy Entertainment Group actively promoting employee vaccination. This development is critical for the territory's gaming sector, which relies heavily on cross-border tourism. However, a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong may complicate the establishment of these vital travel corridors.","focusai_entities":"Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ho Iat Seng, Novel Coronavirus Response Coordination Center","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Outlook","query":"What are the revised GGR recovery projections for Macau's gaming verticals, factoring in the 80% vaccination milestone and the ongoing epidemiological challenges in key feeder markets like Hong Kong?"},{"label":"Operator Contingency Planning","query":"How are Macau's concessionaires recalibrating their operational expenditure and marketing strategies to mitigate the impact of potential delays in cross-border travel normalization?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-27997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27997","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=27997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28013,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27997\/revisions\/28013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}