Lei confirmed Thursday that the medical examinations are taking six to eight hours. He says that’s the time needed to clear each individual for entry.<\/p>\n
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The Health Bureau said more than 500 people who attempted entry opted not to undergo the examination and left. Of the thousands of medical examinations, Lei said only three visitors were sent to the hospital for further testing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The disease, however, will have a substantial impact on the Macau gaming industry in 2020. Melco Resorts CEO Lawrence Ho opined this week that the virus will hamper the region for the next four to six months.<\/p>\n
“We anticipate Macau to be very, very quiet for quite a long time,” the billionaire told investors. “There’s still a lot of details that hasn’t been reviewed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Macau continues to screen travelers attempting to enter the enclave for the COVID-19 virus, and the process is delaying entries by as much as eight hours. Macau Health Bureau Director Lei Chin Ion said this week that health officials are requiring screenings for individuals who are coming from areas deemed to be highly infected regions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":127662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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