{"id":31738,"date":"2022-07-14T02:40:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T05:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31738"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:53:52","slug":"macaus-the-venetian-detects-three-covid-19-cases-among-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-the-venetian-detects-three-covid-19-cases-among-staff","title":{"rendered":"Macau’s The Venetian detects Covid-19 cases among staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Health authorities have detected three Covid-19 infections among workers. Those infected have been taken to dedicated quarantine hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Macau authorities have confirmed that three people who work at a restaurant at the Venetian Macau have been confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. Leong Iek Hou<\/strong>, a senior official of the city\u2019s Health Bureau, said in a press conference that those infected were staff at the Imperial House dim sum restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) says it has sent a memorandum to Sands China Ltd, The Venetian’s operator, suggesting that all employees should stay at the casino resort and receive daily nucleic acid tests. The three infected staff have been sent to quarantine hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently\u00a0six casino resorts being used as quarantine accommodation<\/strong> in Macau. Yesterday (July 13) Studio City, run by Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, and Broadway Macau, run by Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, were added to the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other hotels being used as quarantine accommodation include\u00a0the Parisian Macao casino resort<\/a>, the Sheraton Grand Macao,\u00a0the Grand Lisboa casino hotel<\/a>\u00a0and the Grand Hyatt Macau. The Casa Real casino hotel on the Macau peninsula has been added to the list of Red Code lockdown areas after three Covid-19 cases were detected there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Macau’s casinos will remain closed until July 18<\/a>, as will construction and industrial sites. Non-essential business venues have also been closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of Covid-19 cases in the latest outbreak had risen to 1,615<\/strong> as of Tuesday. Authorities said that the community transmission risk is decreasing but stressed that there is still a risk, urging citizens to not relax their guards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health authorities have detected three Covid-19 infections among workers. Those infected have been taken to dedicated quarantine hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26650,"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 authorities have confirmed three COVID-19 infections among staff at The Venetian Macau, prompting a directive for Sands China employees at the resort to undergo daily testing and stay on-site. Several casino resorts, including Studio City and Broadway Macau, are now designated quarantine facilities, while all Macau casinos and non-essential businesses will remain closed until July 18 due to the ongoing outbreak. This situation significantly impacts the operational continuity and financial outlook for integrated resort operators in the region.","focusai_entities":"Sands China Ltd, Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, Macau Health Bureau, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Leong Iek Hou, The Venetian Macau, Studio City, Broadway Macau, The Parisian Macao, Sheraton Grand Macao, Grand Lisboa, Grand Hyatt Macau, Casa Real","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact for Q3 2022 for Sands China, Melco Resorts, and Galaxy Entertainment, considering the extended casino closures and operational disruptions in Macau?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response Efficacy","query":"How are Macau's current regulatory and governance frameworks demonstrating efficacy in balancing public health imperatives with the economic stability of the gaming concessionaires during this prolonged operational suspension?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-31738","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\/31738","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=31738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31781,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31738\/revisions\/31781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}