HONG KONG (Reuters) – Macau casino MGM Cotai, operated by MGM China, reopened on Wednesday after being sealed for 3 days after a dealer was found to be infected with COVID and authorities quarantined greater than 1,500 people inside in response.
All the people held within the casino resort within the Chinese special administrative region tested negative for the coronavirus and had been released, health authorities said, nevertheless they have to take day by day coronavirus tests.
The previous Portuguese colony has discovered a few dozen coronavirus cases up to now week after having no cases for greater than three months.
Macau closely follows China’s “dynamic zero” coronavirus policy which seeks to right away curb any outbreaks. Macau has an open border with the mainland and lots of cross backwards and forwards from homes and jobs within the neighbouring city of Zhuhai.
A round of mass PCR tests of Macau’s 700,000 people on Wednesday found all samples negative for the virus. One other round of mass tests shall be conducted on Friday and Saturday, the federal government said.
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