53,000 casino workers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> have been tested since June 15, including\u00a0croupiers and security officers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nCasinos are expecting visitation numbers to gradually pick up as more locations in mainland China begin to issue permits under the individual visit scheme (IVS). Zhuhai and Guangdong provinces began taking visa applications on August 12 and August 26 respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest of the country will follow at the end of this month provided there are no changes in the numbers of cases. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities are now looking to test\u00a0frontline workers in the local food & beverage sector, and will later turn to\u00a0public transport drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Over 53,000 frontline workers have been tested with no new new Covid-19 cases have been reported in over two months.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9561,"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 completed COVID-19 testing for over 53,000 frontline casino workers, reporting no new cases in two months. This health milestone, coupled with the phased resumption of Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) permits from mainland China, signals a critical step towards the recovery of the region's gaming GGR and visitation numbers. The gradual reopening is expected to positively impact casino operators and the broader tourism sector.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Zhuhai, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What are the updated GGR recovery projections for Macau's gaming verticals, factoring in the phased IVS resumption and the demonstrated efficacy of frontline worker testing protocols?"},{"label":"Operational Capacity Scaling","query":"How are Macau's concessionaires scaling their operational capacity, including staffing and non-gaming amenities, to align with the anticipated increase in IVS-driven visitation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,16338,158],"tags":[29,257],"class_list":["post-9559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-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\/9559","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=9559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9571,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9559\/revisions\/9571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}