Macau shuts casinos and other businesses to contain Omicron variant

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Macau shuts casinos and other businesses to contain Omicron variant
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World’s biggest gambling hub locks down almost all business premises for a week from Monday

Residents holding umbrellas line up to get tested for Covid-19 in Macau, China, July 4 2022. Picture: JOHN MAK/REUTERS

Essential services including hotels, supermarkets and pharmacies will however remain open, city officials said as they announced the measures at a press conference on Saturday. Local authorities have added two hotels in popular casino resorts to be used as Covid-19 medical facilities from Friday as they try to increase capacity to handle the surge of infections.

Zhao said residents in several major Shanghai districts would undergo two rounds of Covid tests, from July 12-14, in a bid to bring potential new outbreaks under control.

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