MGM Cotai reopens following COVID-19 lockdown as quarantined staff, guests all test negative

MGM Cotai reopens following COVID-19 lockdown as quarantined staff, guests all test negative

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  • Pierce Chan, Inside Asian Gaming
November 2, 2022 2:14 PM
  • Pierce Chan, Inside Asian Gaming

Macau integrated resort MGM Cotai, which was locked down on Sunday when a dealer tested positive to COIVID-19, was unsealed and reopened on Wednesday after all people being held in isolation tested negative.

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A total of 1,501 people were quarantined in the hotel, including hotel staff, casino workers and hotel guests.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the Coronavirus Contingency Coordination Centre said that after three days of testing, all people at MGM Cotai had tested negative and that all 1,501 people were released from control, although they would remain subject to daily NAT tests for the “next few days.”