Daily Archives: Friday, January 31, 2020
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Govt: Non-essential civil servants remain at home next week
Civil servants who work in non-essential services will be exempted from work continuously during next week, the local government announced today (Friday) at its daily press ... -
2019-nCoV to impact gaming operators’ cash flow
The local government’s protection measures against the 2019-nCoV outbreak will have a strong effect on Macau’s cash flow, a report by Fitch Ratings released today (Friday) ... -
DSAL found no evidence of forced unpaid leaves
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) has found no cases of gaming operators requiring their employees to take unpaid leaves. Earlier this week, reports from staff at ... -
Italy: two confirmed coronavirus cases, Macau tourist tested negative
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said two coronavirus patients are currently in isolation in a Rome hospital and moved to cancel flights to and from China. ... -
Tourism businesses worldwide brace for a hit worse than SARS
Hotels, luxury shops and attractions around the world that came to rely on a flood of Chinese tourists are facing an even bigger crisis than during ... -
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million ... -
China flying home residents of virus-afflicted region
BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry said today (Friday) it will send charter flights to bring home residents of virus-afflicted region from overseas. The one-sentence statement gave ... -
Economist: Coronavirus scare will have ‘great impact’ on economy for many months
With the enforcement of measures by both the local and central government aiming to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Macau has seen a drastic ... -
WHO declares novel coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, commends China’s efforts
GENEVA – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today (Macau time) that the novel coronavirus outbreak has become a Public Health Emergency of ... -
Companies with China ties start to feel virus impact, casinos included
The dangerous virus spreading through China threatens a wide range of industries with ties to the world’s second largest economy. Chinese authorities have cut off access ...
