Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 18 MACAU CASINOS ISSUE COVID-19 VACCINATION OR WEEKLY TESTING MANDATE FOR STAFF 澳博企要求員工接種疫苗 或每週接受核酸檢測 MACAU’S CASINO CONCESSIONAIRES will require all staff to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a test every seven days under strict new rules being implemented by senior management. Inside Asian Gaming understands all six concessionaires have issued almost identical edicts, with those employees who do not comply to be prevented from entering the workplace. One internal memo, which IAG has obtained a copy of, reads, “Team members who cannot present ‘Negative Nucleic Acid Test Result’ are prohibited to work and will be considered as unjustified absence with disciplinary action in place, unless Team Members applied [for] their own leave in advance and [were] approved by [their] department.” Thememo also says staff must take a weekly COVID-19 test which they must pay for themselves, unless they are fully vaccinated or have received a first dose less than 30 days prior. Anyone who has received their first dose must receive a second within 30 days or be required to resume regular COVID-19 testing. The measures are the latest effort by Macau’s concessionaires to help accelerate the rate of vaccination in Macau. The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre stated recently it would only consider dropping its zero-COVID policy once vaccination rates have reached at least 80%. 多間博企 目前正實施嚴格新規定，要求員工接種疫苗，否則應至 少每7天接受一次核酸檢測方能上班。 《亞博匯》獲悉，所有六大博企幾乎都出台相應做法，未有 遵守規定的員工將被組織進入工作場所。 《亞博匯》獲悉的一份內部備忘錄中寫道，如員工因不能提 供7天核酸證明而無法進入工作區域將被視為無故缺勤，除非其 提前申請休假並獲批准。 備忘錄同時規定，除非員工完全接種了疫苗，否則須每7日 自費進行一次核酸檢測，已接種一劑疫苗的員工可豁免核酸證 明，但須在30天後接種第二劑。 這些皆是澳門博企助力加快澳門疫苗接種率的最新舉措。澳 門的疫苗接種率不足59%，而澳門新型冠狀病毒感染應變協調中 心表示，只有在疫苗接種率達到至少80%後，才會考慮放棄的清 零政策。