{"id":777000308,"date":"2022-11-22T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000308"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:46:01","slug":"macau-shorter-covid-19-test-validity-for-zhuhai-crossings-to-last-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-shorter-covid-19-test-validity-for-zhuhai-crossings-to-last-another-week","title":{"rendered":"Macau: shorter Covid-19 test validity for Zhuhai crossings to last another week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The measure is a result of new cases of Covid-19 detected in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Until November 30, all people travelling <strong>between Macau and Zhuhai<\/strong> in the neighbouring province of Guangdong will be required to hold a negative Covid-19 nucleic acid test certificate issued within 24 hours. Introduced on November 16 in response to new Covid-19 infections in Guangdong, the measure was scheduled to last until tomorrow (November 23). Test validity was previously 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Covid-19 cases in Guangdong province have delayed the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgto-expects-package-tours-from-mainland-china-to-resume-in-november\" target=\"_blank\">resumption of package tours<\/a>&nbsp;from mainland China to Macau.&nbsp;Macau Tourist Guide Association president&nbsp;<strong>Angelina Wu Wai Fong<\/strong> has said she is confident package tours will resume this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainland China continues to be the only country to have a&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/covid-19-vaccine-passports-could-speed-up-macau-tourism-recovery\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largely quarantine-free travel bubble<\/a>&nbsp;with Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The measure is a result of new cases of Covid-19 detected in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19870,"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 extended its stringent COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers from Zhuhai, Guangdong, until November 30, mandating a 24-hour negative nucleic acid test certificate. These measures, implemented due to new infections in Guangdong, have further delayed the critical resumption of mainland China package tours to Macau. This directly impacts the region's GGR recovery trajectory and operational forecasts for integrated resort operators.","focusai_entities":"Angelina Wu Wai Fong, Macau Tourist Guide Association","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Assessment","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact for Macau's integrated resorts for Q4, considering the extended travel restrictions and delayed package tour resumption?"},{"label":"Operator Contingency Plans","query":"What specific operational and marketing contingency plans are Macau's major gaming operators implementing to mitigate the ongoing impact of these travel impediments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777000308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000308","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=777000308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000322,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000308\/revisions\/777000322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}