After The Three Days Of Closing And Mass COVID-19 Test, Kasino MGM Cotai In Macau Was Reopened

Macau illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Mike)

JAKARTA - China's MGM Cotai Kasino, operated by MGM, reopened on Wednesday after being sealed for three days, following the discovery of someone infected with COVID-19.

Not only closures, the authorities quarantined more than 1,500 people inside in response, and held mass COVID-19 tests.

Everyone detained at the casino resort in China's special administrative area has tested negative for the coronavirus and has been released, health authorities said, but they must undergo daily coronavirus tests.

Macau, a former Portuguese colony, has found about a dozen cases of the coronavirus in the past week, having had no cases for more than three months.

A mass PCR test round of 700,000 Macau people on Wednesday found all the samples negative for the virus. Another mass test round will take place on Fridays and Saturdays, the government said.

Macau is closely following China's "dynamic zero" coronavirus policy, which seeks to immediately curb any outbreak.

As previously reported, Macau authorities conducted mass testing of 700,000 residents on Tuesday after the emergence of COVID-19 cases in the past week, including in a large casino that prompted authorities to lock in 1,500 people.

Authorities locked down the MGM Cotai casino resort on Sunday, with staff and guests ordered to stay inside for three days.

It is known, Macau has an open border with the mainland, where many travel back and forth from home to work in the neighboring town of Zhuhai.