The government of Macau, China’s special administrative region and gambling hub, began closing most businesses and public places in the region on Sunday to contain a new outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus, Xinhua news agency reported.
Macau SAR [special administrative region] To reduce people, the government has decided to close public places, including schools, parks, museums and sports facilities, from Sunday, China’s official state newspaper Xinhua agency reported on June 19.
Businesses in Macau’s public sector, other than those providing emergency care or essential services, will suspend their operations indefinitely from 20 and 21 June. The Macau government has ordered all 600,000 residents in the area to comply with stay-at-home orders from Sunday.
“All businesses except supermarkets and grocery stores have been requested to remain closed until further notice, and all restaurants have suspended service,” Xinhua said. Said.
Many Macau residents live and work in the nearby Chinese city of Zhuhai. The Macau government imposed stricter anti-epidemic requirements for travelers by restricting travel from Macau to Zhuhai on June 19.
“Those who leave Macau to the nearby city of Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province should submit reports of negative nucleic acid tests. [for the Chinese coronavirus] It will take effect within 24 hours instead of the previous seven days,” Xinhua said.
The Macau government did not close lucrative casinos in the region on Sunday, but new restrictions on movement and travel in Macau promise to cut jobs at local casinos in the coming days and weeks.
“[C]”The donkey’s income is likely to be close to zero in at least a week, and most likely in the coming weeks,” financial analysts said.
Employees at MGM Cotai resort in Macau on February 13, 2018. (Getty Images via ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP)
Macau’s economy is mostly dependent on the gambling industry. Macau’s casino taxes provide 80 percent of the region’s government revenue, and most Macau residents work directly or indirectly with casinos.
Macau is the only place in China where the government allows Chinese citizens to play casino games. The area was a former Portuguese colony from 1887 to 1999 and borders the former British colony of Hong Kong. Macau is considered the largest gambling center in the world.
“In Macau, which was legalized in the 1850s, gambling is an important part of the region’s economy,” Statista said on May 24. – In 2019, gambling and gambling revenues exceeded US$29 billion. Gambling revenue in Las Vegas, one of the most popular gaming centers in the world, typically reaches approximately US$6 billion per year. ”
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has a “zero tolerance” policy towards the Chinese coronavirus. This public health policy sees state health officials limit the entire city for weeks to contain new cases of the disease, even though their numbers are relatively low compared to the local population. Macau follows Beijing’s “zero tolerance” policy, as it is under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party. To that end, the Macau government began mass testing all of the region’s approximately 600,000 residents for the Chinese coronavirus on Sunday. This test operation continued until Monday, according to Reuters.
In recent batches of tests in China, such as in Shanghai and Beijing, Communist Party officials were forced to isolate people who tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus.
Source: Breitbart
