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Macau,
— Macau comes to a halt as gov’t doubles down on efforts to minimize infections; shuts down businesses, casinos and limits bus operations and passengers * Dog walking considered a crime
— Gov’t repeatedly denies lockdown rumor, says it has different criteria for determining whether a location should be cordoned off * ‘Them’s the breaks’ | Boris Johnson resigns as UK Prime
— The call to arrange domestic helpers to live in with employers – as Covid tally reaches 1,168 – sparked frustrations among community * Make hay while the sun shines: Panic
— Grand Lisboa cordoned off as 13 test positive; key groups required to undergo four NATS in the upcoming days as Covid-19 cases nearly hit 1,000 * MGM Shanghai at The
— Itineraries of positive cases will no longer be published unless they are multiple trips * Online shopping plunges over logistics delay * Rules that will regulate the new public tender for
— Gov’t to deliver cash handouts as city battles Covid rise, reports two fatalities from outbreak * 784 Covid-19 cases | Three rounds of mass testing this week * HKSAR25 | Xi:
— Gov’t abruptly retracted the 48-hour NAT requirement for casino and construction workers following huge queues at testing stations * HKSAR25 | Xi Jinping: Hong Kong’s future will be ‘brighter’, Champions
— Gov’t did not rule out the possibility of further reducing quarantine duration for foreign arrivals as Beijing eases Covid controls in biggest shift so far * Rapid Antigen Kit |
— Real estate developer suggests ‘more practical’ transportation system amid the ongoing public consultation on cable car proposal in the city * NAT or NOT | Gov’t awaits final results to
— Covid-19 tally rose to 391 with one considered to be severe; 10 clusters have been identified and five mixed samples tested positive from mass testing * DSEDJ pledges to safeguard
— The city is set to face another round of mass testing today as experts predict a trend of continued growth in cases in the upcoming days * President Xi Jinping
— CE pledges to stick to ‘zero-Covid’ as Macau can’t afford to lose the mainland link, claims infections came from a strain common in UK and US * Extra | Stay
* Until further notice — Empty streets and shuttered shops as Covid-19 cases tally to 71, leading to another mass testing today; hotel sector bids summer farewell * JP Morgan is expecting
— New gaming law approved with gov’t cementing increased oversight on casino operations, paving the way for new licenses * Covid-19 Outbreak | Gov’t calls on population to self-test today, 49
* Back to the doldrums — As Covid-19 tally rises to 36, with nine batches of preliminary positives, casino stocks plunge and gaming revenues are expected to be ‘near-zero’ * Gov’t reassured
* Largest outbreak yet — Macau is facing an ‘unprecedented’ outbreak as tally hits 31, locking down several sites; 602 people under follow-up * Fitch: Macau’s zero-Covid strategy ‘continues to constrain the
— Two more satellite casinos close in the peninsula * Drive in * Taste of Edesia * Covid-19 | Gov’t justifies Day 11 of quarantine with result of last NAT, procedures * Luso-Chinese international
— Pandemic and junket crisis might have played a role in amended new gaming law which will be finally voted Tuesday * Mong Ha green houses undergo revival plan * Stanley’s second
— A landmark floating restaurant that fed Cantonese cuisine and seafood to Queen Elizabeth II, Tom Cruise and millions of other patrons was towed from the Hong Kong harbor front
— Organizers preparing for ‘back to normal’ Macau Grand Prix this fall, MDT has learned * Retail | H&M closes doors in Macau, promises to return * Covid-19 | ‘10+7’ measure requires
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