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The Chinese special administrative region of Macau, known as the world’s largest casino city, has been put on lockdown for the first time in more than two years following a new Covid outbreak.

According to the city government’s statement on July 9, operations of “all industries and commercial companies and venues in Macau” will remain suspended from Monday until July 18, except for those “deemed essential to the community and to the day-to-day lives of the members of the public.”

Police patrols have been deployed to ensure public compliance with the new measures.

While the authorities are allowing restaurants to continue working, more than 30 of Macau’s casinos have shut their doors for the first time since February 2020, when they were closed for 15 days. The anti-epidemic measures resulted in gaming stocks plummeting on Monday.

The gambling industry is the lifeblood of Macau’s economy, with more than 80% of government’s revenue coming from it. The majority of the city’s residents are directly or indirectly employed by the industry. In 2018, Macau’s gambling revenue was $37 billion.

Since June 18, Macau has recorded a total of 1,526 cases, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center.

Zhang Yongchun, secretary for administration and justice of Macau, made it clear that the lockdown could be extended and epidemiological measures tightened, depending on the situation.

With a population of 681,700 and an area of 32.9 square kilometers, Macau is considered to be the most densely populated region in the world.

Covid has been on the rise in China recently, despite the country’s strict zero-tolerance policy.

https://www.rt.com/news/558755-macau-china-covid-lockdown/

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Jeffrey Sachs, economist and UN adviser for the Sustainable Development Goals, discusses the situation in the world after the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the dangerous US mindset.

Watch this speech given by Jeffrey Sachs in the lead up to the NATO Summit in Madrid for a view of the world that speaks to the need to renew diplomacy, to break down Us and Them world views and to negotiate a different approach to reach agreement in the the war in Ukraine. Sachs calls out the role of the US, the UN security council and recognises that China can be constructive in these discussions and negotiations. Also highlighted is the damaging US mindset and the emergence of the multi-polar world and the need for regional cooperation to achieve the UN Sustainable goals. Regional co-operation is the way in which the world needs to operate in the world today.

Key discussion points:

We are at the end of US Leadership, we are in the post-Unipolar world
We need global co-operation everywhere
Covid came out of US Biotechnology
We could have avoided Ukraine war
US insisted on No Negotiation with Russia
He can’t get an op ed piece in the US media
US has a neurotic fear of China
We need at least regional co-operation
The issues are the same everywhere
Talk about infrastructure, talk about zero-carbon energy systems
US creating conflicts and divisions everywhere
Climate change is very scary
West is re-fighting the Crimean war, re-fighting the Opium Wars
It is time to calm down, discuss and solve issues

https://johnmenadue.com/jeffrey-sachs-speaks-the-situation-in-the-world-after-covid-19-and-the-war-in-ukraine/

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