Weekly Covid Update, January 14, 2022
Across Asia, omicron is making its presence known. Many countries have tightened local precautions as cases have started rising. All but China and Hong Kong have abandoned zero-Covid strategies, and total local lockdowns similar to those seen earlier in the pandemic are being avoided, at least for now Borders […]
Weekly Covid Update | January 7, 2022
Happy New Year. We enter 2022 in a similar place as the previous year as we wait and see regarding the full impact of the Omicron variant. Overall, countries are extending existing tight border restrictions. With the exception of Australia, most countries in Asia have not yet experienced outbreaks like South Africa, USA, UK and […]
Weekly Covid Update | December 3, 2021
Omicron Variant Has Immediate Impact Across Much of Asia What a difference a week can make! As most western nations are still working through their responses to the discovery of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2, many Asian countries have decided to take more definitive action. Most notable amongst these is Japan’s move to immediately reverse […]