{"id":9401,"date":"2020-08-27T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T11:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9401"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:23:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:23:01","slug":"macau-might-close-casinos-where-virus-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-might-close-casinos-where-virus-detected","title":{"rendered":"Macau might close casinos where virus detected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities have suggested that any casino where a Covid-19 case is detected might be required to suspend activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- A representative from Macau&#8217;s Judiciary Police has suggested that casinos could be required to suspend activities in the event that a case of novel coronavirus infection is detected on their premises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lu\u00eds Leong, who spoke after a meeting of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau with the city&#8217;s six casino operators, the confirmation of any case of Covid-19 at one of the casinos \u201cmight imply the closure of said venue, which could have a significant impact on the economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Leong said the city\u2019s gaming operators should follow government-issued guidelines to the letter for anyone entering gaming venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strict protocols were introduced on July 15, when authorities required to all guests who intend to enter the city\u2019s casinos to have temperature tests on entry, as well as displaying a health declaration and certificate of a valid nucleic acid test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have suggested that any casino where a Covid-19 case is detected might be required to suspend activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9403,"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 authorities have indicated that casinos might face mandatory suspension of activities if a COVID-19 case is detected on their premises, a measure that could significantly impact the local economy. This potential closure reinforces the strict health protocols, including temperature checks and nucleic acid test certificates, already in place for all gaming venue entrants since July 15.","focusai_entities":"Macau's Judiciary Police, Lu\u00eds Leong, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Operator Contingency Plans?","query":"What are the specific financial contingency plans and operational resilience strategies being developed by Macau's six casino operators in the event of mandated, prolonged operational suspensions?"},{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"How would a sustained suspension of Macau's gaming operations impact the region's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) projections for the current fiscal year and its broader implications for the capital markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,257],"class_list":["post-9401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401","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=9401"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9414,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9401\/revisions\/9414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}