{"id":3054,"date":"2020-02-03T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:18:33","slug":"macau-casinos-employees-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-employees-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Macau: casinos must provide accommodation for employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Workers from mainland China must remain in Macau as efforts to halt the Coronavirus outbreak intensify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Read more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Macau government has said that all casino operators must provide accommodation for workers that live outside of the city in mainland China as part of efforts to prevent the<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-virus-close\"> Coronavirus outbreak<\/a><\/strong><\/em> from spreading further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Casino operators must provide this accommodation,&#8221; Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, said at a press conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Secretary, most of the non-residents work in construction, catering, hotels and cleaning. &#8220;Macau has a large number of non-resident workers who work in Macau and live in China,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAR has confirmed its first case of Coronavirus in a resident, taking the total number of cases to eight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have determined that the best way to prevent the virus from spreading further is to make people stay in the city and prevent them from travelling to mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has said that operators must offer such workers accommodation or stop them from travelling to Macau from mainland China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Ao Ieong U, said that &#8220;the population must remain at home and avoid unnecessary exits.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eighth confirmed case of Coronavirus in Macau is a 64-year-old unemployed woman. She is currently in isolation, the New Coronavirus Contingency Coordination Center said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers from mainland China must remain in Macau as efforts to halt the Coronavirus outbreak intensify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3011,"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 Macau government has mandated that all casino operators must provide accommodation for their non-resident workers from mainland China or prevent their travel, as part of intensified efforts to contain the Coronavirus outbreak. 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