The temporary closure is also reported to apply to all local cinemas, nightclubs, arcades and other "entertainment venues," but does not include hotels and restaurants.
In early December, Wuhan, China, the "Wuhan virus" is a coronavirus variant that causes pneumonia-like symptoms such as high fever and cough, and so far, about 20,700 people have been infected in faraway places such as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with single deaths in the Philippines and Hong Kong. 온라인카지노
Six licensed casino companies in Macau, including subordinates from local Sands China Limited and Las Vegas Sands Corporation and Win Macao Limited at Wynn Resorts Limited, have pledged to continue paying staff salaries and not asking employees for unpaid leave during the 15-day break.
"It's just the closure of the game venues in the tourist complex. Hotels and food and beverage venues can still continue, given that there are still visitors there and that we have sufficient risk-control measures."
Macau's decision to close casinos for a while comes after local health officials announced that the city had recorded its 10th confirmed case of the "Wuhan virus." The patient was reportedly a 59-year-old bus driver employed by SJM Holdings Limited to ferry visitors from several border points to the local casino operator's Casino Grand Lisboa and Casino Oceanus properties.
The Macau health agency reportedly sought to allay fears of the outbreak by saying the male patient was thought to have contracted a potentially deadly disease when he visited China's neighboring Guangdong province a week ago.
Ho earlier declared that his administration 'did not intend to close border checkpoints' because closing them would adversely affect many people living in China but traveling to Macau for work.