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Residents must take rapid antigen tests themselves and upload their results online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre has ordered everyone living in Macau to take a rapid antigen test (RAT) every three days <\/strong>starting today. It seeks to detect any unidentified Covid-19 cases as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent days, the city has recorded several positive Covid-19 cases identified as close contacts of a taxi driver, whose infection had been confirmed on Monday (November 28). Earlier this week, authorities ordered table game dealers, security and cleaners<\/a> to undergo nucleic acid testing and a rapid antigen test every four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until and including December 7<\/strong>, all people crossing between Macau and Zhuhai must carry a negative nucleic acid test certificate issued in the previous 24 hours. The requirement had been due to expire today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, Liang Wannian<\/strong>, a senior official of the National Health Commission\u2019s Covid-19 response team, suggested that China\u2019s zero Covid-19 policy<\/a> could continue beyond the first quarter of next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho Iat Seng<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s chief executive, said during his government policy speech at the Legislative Assembly that the territory would continue to follow China\u2019s lead. He said that overseas visitors would be welcome to the city, but that authorities must maintain the dynamic zero-Covid policy. He added that he hoped the situation would improve next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents must take rapid antigen tests themselves and upload their results online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19973,"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 implemented mandatory rapid antigen testing for all residents every three days and extended nucleic acid testing requirements for cross-border travel with Zhuhai, following new COVID-19 cases. Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng confirmed the territory will maintain China's dynamic zero-Covid policy, indicating its continuation beyond Q1 next year, which will significantly impact tourism and casino operational capacity.","focusai_entities":"Macau\u2019s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, Liang Wannian, National Health Commission, Ho Iat Seng, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau, Zhuhai, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.92)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Q4\/Q1","query":"What is the projected GGR impact of Macau's extended zero-Covid policy on Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 for concessionaires, considering the new testing mandates and travel restrictions?"},{"label":"Capex & Investment Impact","query":"How will the continued zero-Covid strategy, including mandatory testing and travel restrictions, influence capital expenditure and investment decisions by Macau's integrated resort operators in the coming fiscal year?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777000585","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\/777000585","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=777000585"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000603,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000585\/revisions\/777000603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}