{"id":34837,"date":"2022-10-26T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34837"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:32:51","slug":"macau-new-covid-19-case-detected-on-border-with-zhuhai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-new-covid-19-case-detected-on-border-with-zhuhai","title":{"rendered":"Macau: new Covid-19 case detected on border with Zhuhai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities say the discovery of the case will not slow down the process of resuming mainland Chinese tour packages and e-visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Macau health authorities have detected a positive<strong> case of Covid-19 <\/strong>in a building in the Fai Chi Kei district of the Macau peninsula. Authorities have placed the building where the case was detected on &#8220;red zone&#8221; status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities conducted a routine test of <strong>10 samples<\/strong> from people who were in Zhuhai, in the neighbouring Chinese province of Guangdong. Eight people tested positive, however, they all tested negative when they returned to Macau except for a 66-year-old woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Macau&#8217;s guidelines, those who reside in a building or area of interest, work nearby or have been in the surroundings for more than 30 minutes, must take a Covid-19 test for three consecutive days from the day an alert is given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city&#8217;s health department chief,&nbsp;<strong>Alvis Lo Iek Long<\/strong>, said the discovery of the new Covid-19 case won&#8217;t affect the city&#8217;s plans to gradually resume package tours from mainland China and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-operators-could-return-to-positive-ebitda-in-q4\" target=\"_blank\">the return of electronically-issued exit visas<\/a>&nbsp;for Chinese residents, including the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) from November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Liz Lam Tong Hou<\/strong>, a member of the Macau Government Tourism Office, said the office was working closely with the city&#8217;s tourism industry and was ready to welcome mainland tour groups in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Package tours are expected to resume in phases starting with Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces.&nbsp;<strong>Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes<\/strong>, director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has said the Macau government has communicated with Chinese authorities on Covid-19 prevention measures&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-expects-package-tours-from-mainland-china-to-resume-in-november\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to facilitate such a move<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities say the discovery of the case will not slow down the process of resuming mainland Chinese tour packages and e-visas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18780,"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 health authorities have detected a single COVID-19 case but affirm this will not impede the phased resumption of mainland Chinese tour packages and e-visas, including the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS), starting in November. This decision signals a critical step towards the recovery of Macau's tourism and gaming sectors.","focusai_entities":"Alvis Lo Iek Long, Liz Lam Tong Hou, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO)","focusai_location":"Macau, Fai Chi Kei, Zhuhai, Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Uplift Projections?","query":"What are the projected GGR uplift estimates for Macau's concessionaires following the full resumption of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) and package tours from mainland China?"},{"label":"Operational Readiness Impact?","query":"How will the phased return of mainland tourists impact the operational expenditure and staffing strategies of Macau's integrated resorts, particularly concerning non-gaming amenities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-34837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34837","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=34837"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34869,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34837\/revisions\/34869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}