{"id":5178,"date":"2020-04-02T07:59:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T07:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:31:04","slug":"macau-people-quarantine-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-people-quarantine-hotels","title":{"rendered":"Macau: 2,600 people held in quarantine hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A total of 12 hotels have been requisitioned by the SAR government to stop the spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- More than 2,600 people are being held in medical quarantine in 12 hotel across <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/macau\">Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as part of efforts to combat Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According <em>Inside Asian Gaming<\/em>, 2,418 people are local residents and the rest are non-resident workers from mainland China. The majority are not infected and will be sent home in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Sands China\u2019s Sheraton Grand Macao at Sands Cotai Central became the first hotel within one of Macau\u2019s integrated resorts to be transformed into a <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sheraton-grand-quarantine-hotel-resort\">quarantine hotel<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as part of efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 12 hotels have been requisitioned by the SAR government so far, the others being Pousada Marina Infante Hotel, Golden Crown China Hotel, Regency Art Hotel, Grand Coloane Resort, Metropole Hotel, Treasure Hotel, San Tung Fong Commercial Inn South Wing, Grand Lapa, Grand Harbour Hotel, Royal Dragon Hotel and Jai Alai Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the government imposed new measures for visitors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents from Hong Kong and Taiwan that want to enter Macau city will be required to undergo a 14-day quarantine in one of the city\u2019s designated quarantine hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All foreign visitors, including those to have spent the previous 14 days in Hong Kong, mainland China or Taiwan, are barred from entering Macau, as are foreign non-resident workers known as blue cardholders.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 12 hotels have been requisitioned by the SAR government to stop the spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4807,"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 SAR government has requisitioned 12 hotels, including Sands China's Sheraton Grand Macao within Sands Cotai Central, for COVID-19 quarantine, housing over 2,600 individuals. This operational disruption is compounded by stringent new entry restrictions for visitors from Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, and other foreign nationals, significantly impacting the region's integrated resort and tourism sectors.","focusai_entities":"Sands China, Sheraton Grand Macao, Pousada Marina Infante Hotel, Golden Crown China Hotel, Regency Art Hotel, Grand Coloane Resort, Metropole Hotel, Treasure Hotel, San Tung Fong Commercial Inn South Wing, Grand Lapa, Grand Harbour Hotel, Royal Dragon Hotel, Jai Alai Hotel, SAR government, Inside Asian Gaming","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Sands China Financial Impact?","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Sands China's quarterly earnings, specifically concerning GGR and non-gaming revenue, resulting from the requisitioning of Sheraton Grand Macao and the ongoing travel restrictions?"},{"label":"Macau Market Recovery Timeline?","query":"How do these extended quarantine and travel restrictions, coupled with government intervention in integrated resort operations, alter the projected timeline for Macau's gaming and tourism market recovery and potential GGR rebound?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,167],"tags":[29,7299,13011,257],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-news-region","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-hotel","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","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=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5190,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/5190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}