After confirming yesterday that celebrations would be carefully operated with numerous preventative measures, a second confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, informally known as Wuhan pneumonia, in Macau has caused officials to reconsider.
Announced today in an afternoon press briefing, Chief Executive of Macau Mr. Ho lat Seng announced that Macau would indefinitely cancel all large-scale public events that it had planned to celebrate the Year of the Rat in order to strengthen its disease prevention measures.
Furthermore, the Chief Executive said he would not rule out the possibility of indefinitely suspending casino operations as well should the situation worsen.
