12 hotels<\/a><\/em><\/strong> designated as quarantine venues since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlthough non-residents have to pay U$S700 for their 14-day medical observation period, quarantine in hotels is free for Macau residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, told legislators yesterday that the authority had so far spent almost U$S9million fighting Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Significant funds have also been spent on sending buses to Hong Kong International Airport to transport returning Macau residents back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three hotels were removed from the quarantine list. According to Inside Asian Gaming<\/em>, all guests in the Regency Art Hotel and Treasure Hotel<\/em><\/strong> have now finished their 14-day quarantine and the two hotels will reopen to the public after disinfection and cleaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAs of 7 April, a total of 1,469 people are still undergoing quarantine in Macau\u2019s nine designated hotels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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