Macau has introduced a fresh round of closures to curb a recent rise in Covid-19 cases, though casinos will stay open

Macau has introduced a refreshed around of closures to curb a recent rising inwards Covid-19 cases, though casinos will stay open.

A keep down of leisure facilities experience been ordered to faithful next a sudden surge inward coronavirus cases o'er the past tense week.

Cinemas, pilus salons and nightclubs are among those cladding closing from 5 pm local time today, patch dine-in service at restaurants or similar establishments is prohibited, a financial statement on Macau’s regime website read.

In addition, all leisure facilities managed past Macau’s Municipal Affairs Bureau, such as parks, gardens and expo halls, are existence suspended from operation.

But casinos make evaded closure, despite several infections linked to them. Four electropositive cases were recorded in relation to an 18 June wedding party held at SJM Holdings’ Grand Lisboa Palace.

And yesterday, the city’s day-after-day testing identified ii dealers, alongside a tabularise spunky manager, office worker and a cleaner, as cases originating from casinos.

Earlier today, Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre reported that 110 positive cases had so far been detected.

This comes as citywide nucleic superman testing (NAT) is launched. All local residents and individuals staying inwards Macau must posit to testing.

Executive Order No. 102/2022, which introduces the latest closures, was issued past Chief Executive Ho lat-seng based on an evaluation by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre.

Besides the aforementioned properties theme to this order, theatres, indoor amusement parks, game centres, cybercafes, billiard rooms, bowling centres, saunas, knead parlours, beauty salons, gyms, health clubs, karaoke lounges, discos, dance parlours, club venues and swim pools testament all close.