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Macau tightened social distancing restrictions on Thursday -- closing almost everything except casinos -- as the Chinese gambling hub embarked on another round of citywide testing to battle a Covid-19 outbreak. Case numbers are small by global comparison, with only 110 announced since the most recent outbreak began, but authorities have moved quickly to stamp out transmission as they follow mainland China's strict zero-Covid policy. The virus has been kept largely under control in Macau but leader Ho Iat-seng said Thursday the situation was now "more complicated and more serious than ever before". After 48 hours of mass testing that...