{"id":9431,"date":"2020-08-27T22:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:21:52","slug":"malaysia-to-keep-borders-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-keep-borders-shut","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to keep borders shut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities fear imported cases of Covid-19 would ruin the country\u2019s success in controlling the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Malaysia.- Malaysian authorities have decided to keep borders closed after August 31, when current measures to control the Covid-19 pandemic are due to be revised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said during a press conference that the country was not “ready to relax what is being enforced at the moment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the measure was to prevent imported cases of Covid-19 entering the country, which has had success controlling the pandemic, currently reporting only single-digit numbers of cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported five new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, taking the official rolling tally to around 9,300. The country has reported 125 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia’s borders have been closed to foreign nationals since March. They are currently only open for Malaysian nationals who commute to Singapore<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Nancy Shukri supported the decision to keep borders closed. She said the measures could be retained into the second quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming analysts have already forecast that the country\u2019s casino industry will not recover until 2021<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shukri said: \u201cWe initially had a list of countries to be allowed in, but then we saw the second and third waves of coronavirus in some of these countries, and we have to restrategise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities fear imported cases of Covid-19 would ruin the country\u2019s success in controlling the outbreak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysian authorities have extended border closures beyond August 31st, citing concerns over imported COVID-19 cases. This decision, supported by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, is expected to delay the recovery of the country's casino industry until at least 2021, impacting tourism-dependent gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Nancy Shukri, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for Malaysian integrated resort operators, considering the extended border closure and its implications for international tourism-dependent gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation","query":"How will this prolonged operational constraint influence capital allocation and operational expenditure strategies for major gaming entities with assets in Malaysia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[226],"class_list":["post-9431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431","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=9431"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9436,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions\/9436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}