Face Masks Compulsory<\/strong><\/h2>\nAround 33 million people in China are now under lockdown. Authorities have closed train and bus connections out of Wuhan and 11 other cities in the region, while roadblocks are preventing most private cars from leaving the area.<\/p>\n
Under normal circumstances, there are several direct flights a day between Wuhan and Macau.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Macau\u2019s government ordered all casino staff to wear face masks to prevent potential infection.<\/p>\n
Officials said they would purchase 20 million face masks from foreign countries unaffected by the illness in order to maintain a stable supply. Homegrown supply is struggling to keep up with demand. Competition regulators in Beijing have been forced to step in to regulate the prices of face masks after reports of skyrocketing prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Macau could temporarily shut down its casinos in the face of a wider breakout of the Wuhan coronavirus in the gambling hub. That\u2019s according to its most senior politician, Ho Iat Seng, who told a press conference that if the situation were to become more serious, \u201c…no one would go to a casino anyway,\u201d Inside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":125260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Macau Casinos Could Shutter if Coronavirus Cases Escalate<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n