Gambling Capital Macau Orders All Casinos to Close Over Virus Outbreak

A nurse wearing a facemask walks inside an isolation ward opened as a preventative measure at the North Bengal Medical college and Hospital in Siliguri on Feb. 4, 2020. ADiptendu Dutta/AFP via Getty Images

Gambling hub Macau announced it would shut down casinos for 15 days as coronavirus spirals out of control, triggering lockdowns and quarantines in China.

Officials in Macau, considered the world’s gambling capital, called on its several dozen casinos to close, impacting American casino firms such as Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands.