The New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association is concerned about the rapid growth of new Covid-19 cases in the city and is calling for a temporary closure of casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- Casinos remain open<\/a> in Macau despite an increase in Covid-19 cases, with 70 new cases in the last 24 hours. However, casino workers are calling for a shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief executive\u00a0Ho Iat Seng\u00a0<\/strong>has noted that he had agreed in 2020 that in the event of any new confirmed cases detected at a casino,\u00a0only that casino would have to suspend operation, not all casinos<\/strong>. The only measure so far has been a decision that from July 1 casinos must request that guests present a negative Covid-19 test issued within the previous 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casino staff will be required to provide a negative Covid-19 result before each shift and must wear KN95 protective masks when customers are present<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Cloee Chao<\/strong>, president of the New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association, told Macau News Agency that casinos should temporary shut their doors. He says the 48-hour testing requirement is difficult for casino employees<\/strong>, since a small distraction could prevent them from being able to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chao said the new rules made casino workers feel like they had to overcome difficulties to get to work, and that some workers had complained that they would have to queue for two or three hours to get tested. He also noted that\u00a0casinos currently have almost no guests<\/strong>.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n The association president said: \u201cIt\u2019s too awful to torture tens of thousands of employees like this. Is it necessary to make us suffer from the frequent tests just for a few guests?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the government decided to use the 2.300 hotel rooms at the\u00a0Parisian Macao casino resort<\/a>\u00a0as a quarantine accommodation. The Hotel and Casino Fortuna was also\u00a0added to the list of Red Code lockdown areas<\/a>\u00a0after one of the hotel\u2019s workers reportedly tested positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association is concerned about the rapid growth of new Covid-19 cases in the city and is calling for a temporary closure of casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20677,"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 New Macau Gaming Staff Rights Association is advocating for a temporary closure of Macau's casinos due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and the operational burden of new testing requirements on employees. 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