Only casinos exempt from Macau's virus curbs

• Published date: 23 June 2022
• Publication title: Shanghai Daily

Macau extended its COVID-19 restrictions, including the closure of bars, cinemas, hair salons and outdoor parks, from yesterday, the Chinese special administrative region's chief executive said as the world's biggest gambling hub battles to curb a rise in locally transmitted cases.

Casinos are allowed to remain open while theaters, fitness centers, and leisure facilities must halt operations from 5pm yesterday, Ho Iat Seng said on the government's website.

Macau's more than 600,000 residents were required to undergo a second round of mass testing this week, as the number of infected people jumped to more than 100 cases.

Positive cases include those working or visiting the casinos with a number of them related to a wedding banquet that was held inside SJM Holding's Grand Lisboa Palace.

hotel and casino resort on Macau's main peninsula was locked down by authorities on Tuesday due to a coronavirus infection, with some 700 people forced to quarantine...