Macau’s Health Bureau says there is no rubella outbreak in the city’s casino resorts, despite an increase in the number of cases registered so far this year.
According to official data, 24 people recorded as working at Macau casino were confirmed to have caught rubella. Macau had an aggregate of 37 rubella cases reported citywide so far this year, according to information from the Health Bureau.
Rubella cases registered in Macau this year was “significantly higher” than in previous years, but that was due to “external factors, as there were no signs of continuous … transmission in the community”. Like a circulating virus in neighbors’ regions.
“Rubella cases are more likely to occur in hotels and casinos, because workers of these entities are more likely to be in contact with foreign tourists. However, as cases of collective infection of workers at various hotels and casinos and the onset period of patients’ symptoms were similar, it is believed that they were exposed to the same source of infection, with no widespread dissemination in these properties,” added the Health Bureau.
