A review of the websites of Cotai casino resorts indicates that at least three of them are closed, as well as multiple Cotai food and beverage outlets. The closures are seemingly due to the Covid-19 case count reaching one-sixth of the Macau population.
Covid-19 forcing suspensions:
Operators have given no reasons for closures. Though these may be sought in the latest wave of Covid-19 infections that hit Macau after the region had gradually opened in December. The opening might in turn have caused casino staff shortages forcing casinos to suspend operations until further notice.
Elsie Ao Ieong U, Macau’s Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture said on Friday that around 115,000, or one-sixth of the Macau citizens, had tested positive for Covid-19 by that time. The i…