Health authorities have ordered the temporary closure of the Four Seasons shopping mall after detecting 40 Covid-19 infections among workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The Four Seasons mall at one of casino operator Sands China’s Cotai properties has been forced to\u00a0temporarily close <\/strong>due to Covid-19 cases among its staff. According to health authorities, more than 40 positive cases were detected among sellers, cleaning workers, security agents and their colleagues and cohabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rest of the workers have been told not to go to work and have been asked to obtain four nucleic acid tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sands China Ltd said in a statement: “Since the onset of the pandemic, Sands China has proactively complied with all related Health Bureau and Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) guidelines and will continue to do so, in order to safeguard the health and safety of team members and guests.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre<\/a>\u00a0has reported that the number of Covid-19 cases in the latest outbreak had risen to\u00a0852\u00a0<\/strong>as of midnight on Sunday.\u00a0Entertainment venues<\/a>\u00a0(except casinos) in Macau remain closed along with outdoor recreation areas such as parks, gardens and beaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health authorities have ordered the temporary closure of the Four Seasons shopping mall after detecting 40 Covid-19 infections among workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22428,"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's Four Seasons shopping mall, situated within a Sands China Cotai property, has been temporarily closed following the detection of over 40 COVID-19 cases among its workforce. This operational disruption occurs amidst a broader surge in Macau's COVID-19 infections, impacting non-casino entertainment venues and outdoor recreation areas. Sands China has affirmed its commitment to stringent regulatory compliance and public health guidelines.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Macau\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre","focusai_location":"Macau, Cotai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Sands China Revenue Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact on Sands China's non-gaming revenue and overall EBITDA from the temporary closure of the Four Seasons mall, considering the duration and potential for extended restrictions?"},{"label":"Macau Regulatory Response?","query":"How might the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) and health authorities adjust or intensify regulatory compliance requirements for other integrated resorts in Macau following this outbreak and closure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906,21680],"class_list":["post-31429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos","tag-sands-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429","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=31429"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31460,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429\/revisions\/31460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}