HONG KONG听–听惭补肠补耻听carried out听尘补蝉蝉听testing of听颈迟蝉听700,000 residents on Tuesday听补蹿迟别谤听the emergence of听颁翱痴滨顿–19听cases in the past week, including at a major casino that prompted authorities to seal 1,500 people inside.
All residents in the world’s biggest gambling hub have been told to take a PCR test on Tuesday and then test themselves daily with rapid antigen听迟别蝉迟蝉. The order comes as Typhoon Nalgae approaches southern China with authorities hoping the PCR听迟别蝉迟蝉聽can be completed in one day.
Authorities locked down MGM China’s聽Cotai casino resort on Sunday, with staff and guests ordered to stay inside for three days. It was not clear whether they would be released on Tuesday.
础蹿迟别谤听of a three-month spell of virtually no听颁翱痴滨顿聽cases, 11听颈苍蹿别肠迟颈辞苍蝉听have been found in the past few days and the return of curbs marks a setback for casino executives and investors keen for a recovery in gambling revenues.
In one bright note for the industry, travelling to聽惭补肠补耻听became easier for mainland residents from Tuesday with the advent of an online visa system which replaces the need to file applications in person.
Macau, a Chinese special administrative region, has adopted China’s zero-颁翱痴滨顿听policy that seeks to stamp out every outbreak and implements frequent lockdowns. On the mainland this week, authorities forced the closure of Disney’s Shanghai resort while a Foxconn plant聽in Zhengzhou continues to be rocked by workers fleeing the compound over strict听颁翱痴滨顿聽restrictions. – Reuters
