{"id":777000777,"date":"2022-12-06T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000777"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:18:07","slug":"macau-steps-up-covid-19-testing-for-casino-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-steps-up-covid-19-testing-for-casino-staff","title":{"rendered":"Macau steps up Covid-19 testing for casino staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau casino staff must take Covid-19 tests every two days instead of four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Macau government today (Tuesday) announced that it would reduce the interval between <strong>mandatory Covid-19 nucleic acid tests<\/strong> and rapid antigen tests for frontline casino staff <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-staff-must-get-covid-19-test-every-four-days\" target=\"_blank\">from every four days<\/a> to every two.&nbsp;The measure applies to table dealers, security guards and cleaners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers must report test results to authorities for them to appear on their personal electronic health codes. Visitors from areas of mainland China considered &#8220;high risk&#8221; for the spread of Covid-19 must still complete a five-day hotel quarantine on arrival followed by a three-day quarantine at home or another hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities previously ordered&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-orders-covid-19-testing-for-all-residents\" target=\"_blank\">everyone living in Macau<\/a>&nbsp;to take a rapid antigen test (RAT)&nbsp;<strong>every three days&nbsp;<\/strong>from November 30 to December 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macau casino staff must take Covid-19 tests every two days instead of four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":23700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau government has intensified COVID-19 testing protocols for frontline casino staff, mandating nucleic acid and rapid antigen tests every two days, down from four. This measure, affecting dealers, security, and cleaners, requires results to be reported for electronic health codes. Concurrently, high-risk mainland China visitors still face an eight-day quarantine, impacting inbound tourism and casino operational fluidity.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Macau, mainland China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Staffing Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of the increased testing frequency on casino staff availability and operational expenditure for Macau's integrated resorts?"},{"label":"GGR Outlook","query":"How might these intensified health protocols and visitor quarantine measures affect Macau's Q4 GGR projections and the pace of market recovery?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777000777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000777","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=777000777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000788,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000777\/revisions\/777000788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}