{"id":34985,"date":"2022-11-01T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34985"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:24:48","slug":"macau-carries-out-mass-covid-19-testing-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-carries-out-mass-covid-19-testing-again","title":{"rendered":"Macau carries out mass Covid-19 testing again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities have decided to test the entire population due to new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Mass Covid-19 testing<\/strong> is underway again after new cases in Macau. The process started today (November 1) and will run until 11am tomorrow. The measure was taken after a 58-year-old that works at a fish market and lives in Zhuhai in neighbouring Guangdong tested positive yesterday (October 31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten Covid-19 cases were confirmed between October 26 and October 31. The<strong>&nbsp;MGM Cotai<\/strong>&nbsp;integrated resort was&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgm-cotai-sealed-off-due-to-covid-19-case\" target=\"_blank\">sealed off for 48 hours<\/a>&nbsp;after a&nbsp;<strong>casino table croupier<\/strong>&nbsp;tested positive. Some 1,596 people were quarantined at the complex, including staff and hotel guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who want to travel between Macau and Zhuhai must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate issued within 24 hours. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-new-covid-19-case-detected-on-border-with-zhuhai\" target=\"_blank\">Travellers to Zhuhai<\/a>&nbsp;must also submit &#8220;an advanced health declaration&#8221; to Zhuhai health authorities. They must undergo three tests within three days of arriving in Zhuhai. They must self-monitor their health for three days and avoid going out unless necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have decided to test the entire population due to new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25904,"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 has initiated mass Covid-19 testing following new case detections, including a casino table croupier at MGM Cotai, which led to a 48-hour sealing and quarantine of nearly 1,600 individuals. These stringent public health measures, coupled with enhanced travel restrictions between Macau and Zhuhai, are poised to significantly impact gaming operations and GGR projections for the region. Industry stakeholders are assessing the operational and financial implications of these disruptions.","focusai_entities":"MGM Cotai","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhuhai, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for Macau's gaming sector following the recent Covid-19 operational disruptions and travel restrictions, and how does this affect Q4 financial outlooks?"},{"label":"Operator Contingency Plans","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators adapting their governance frameworks and operational protocols to mitigate future public health-related closures and ensure business continuity across gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-34985","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\/34985","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=34985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35007,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34985\/revisions\/35007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}