Philippines gaming regulator orders ten-day quarantine period for POGO workers entering the country in a bid to halt spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Philippines.- The Philippines gaming regulator (PAGCOR)<\/em><\/strong> has sent a memorandum to all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs)<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and service providers ordering a ten-day quarantine to all employees returning from any country with confirmed cases of Coronavirus.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The order would cover any POGO employee to have spent time in at least 15 countries: China, Macau, Hong Kong, Thailand, the United States, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, France, Vietnam, Nepal and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Even before the agency came out with the said directives, some POGO entities have already voluntarily avoided the entry of such workers to the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Although the World Health Organization has not yet declared a global emergency, the Philippine government has tightened the noose on the entry of workers and tourists coming from Wuhan, China and other countries with reported 2019 nCoV infections,” PAGCOR said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Philippines gaming regulator orders ten-day quarantine period for POGO workers entering the country in a bid to halt spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2843,"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 Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has mandated a ten-day quarantine for all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) employees returning from countries with confirmed Coronavirus cases. This directive, issued via memorandum to POGOs and service providers, aims to mitigate the spread of the virus within the Philippines' iGaming sector. The order covers employees returning from at least 15 specified countries, impacting POGO workforce management and operational continuity.","focusai_entities":"PAGCOR, Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, POGOs, World Health Organization","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Macau, Hong Kong, Thailand, United States, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, France, Vietnam, Nepal, Canada, Wuhan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Operational Impact?","query":"What is the projected operational impact on POGO GGR and NGR due to potential workforce shortages or delays resulting from this mandatory quarantine period?"},{"label":"Compliance Enforcement & Penalties?","query":"How will PAGCOR enforce this quarantine directive, and what are the specific penalties for non-compliance by Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,158,16333],"tags":[29,512,405,128,1205],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-gaming","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines","tag-pogo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","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=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010501,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/777010501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}