{"id":3579,"date":"2020-02-18T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:46:46","slug":"macau-casino-coronavirus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-coronavirus-2","title":{"rendered":"Macau casinos to re-open from 20 February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operators can open their doors from midnight on Thursday but must adhere to certain Coronavirus measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- The Government of Macau has announced that the city&#8217;s 41 casinos can re-open from midnight on 20 February following the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-closur\">15-day shutdown<\/a><\/em><\/strong> amid the on-going Coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a press conference on Monday afternoon, The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong, confirmed that operators can re-open from Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They do have the option to apply for a 30-day extension to the closure, which must be submitted within the next two days, but after that eligible period the casino will be required to re-open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On re-opening, casinos must adhere to certain criteria set by the government. This includes staff wearing face masks and undertaking temperature checks on staff and visitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities also ordered non-resident workers returning to Macau from the mainland to be quarantined for 14 days before their entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a bid to encourage tourists to return after <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><\/em> closure, residents and tourists will not be required to enter quarantine at this stage. The number of visitors entering Macau from mainland China fell to just 1,400 on Sunday.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operators can open their doors from midnight on Thursday but must adhere to certain Coronavirus measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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 41 casinos are permitted to resume operations from February 20th following a 15-day COVID-19-induced shutdown. Operators have an option for a 30-day closure extension but must adhere to strict public health protocols upon re-opening, including staff masking and temperature screenings. This decision aims to balance operational continuity with public health, though visitation from mainland China remains significantly impacted.","focusai_entities":"Lei Wai Nong, Government of Macau","focusai_location":"Macau, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What are the revised GGR recovery projections for Macau's gaming vertical, considering the phased re-opening and persistent low visitation from mainland China?"},{"label":"Operational Compliance Challenges","query":"What specific operational compliance challenges do Macau's integrated resorts anticipate in enforcing new public health protocols, particularly regarding staff and visitor temperature checks and mask mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3579"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3624,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}