Macau Sets New Coronavirus Curbs for China, Hong Kong Visitors

Men wear masks as they walk in front of the Ruins of St. Paulis, following the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Macau, China, on Feb. 5, 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

HONG KONG–The world’s biggest gambling hub of Macau will ban entry from March 24 for visitors from mainland China, neighboring Hong Kong and Taiwan who have travelled overseas in the previous 14 days, as it battles a coronavirus pandemic.

Macau has 25 infections and visitors from the Greater China region make up more than 90 percent of its tourists. Last week it had banned foreign visitors and foreign non-resident workers, while exempting those from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.