News
May 14, Weekly Covid Update
Rising cases, More Restrictions and Vaccine Hopes New waves of infections in several countries including Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan have caused concern. At the same time, vaccination rates remain low impacted both by supply and hesitancy. Singapore has stopped accepting new entry applications for WP holders from higher-risk countries, which includes everyone except Australia, […]
Insights
April 16, 2021 Covid Weekly Update
Countries are still discussing “Air Bubbles” and “Vaccine Passports”, but there has been little implementation as of yet. Last week, we shared China’s relaxing of visa applications and shortened quarantine time in Hong Kong and Thailand for vaccinated travelers. Vietnam is having internal discussions to consider vaccine passports as a way to open its borders. […]
Insights
March 9, 2021 Weekly Covid Report
Vaccinations Continue Slow Pace At the current rate of vaccinations, most countries in Asia have a long wait to reach 75% vaccination status. Estimates from Bloomberg.com show Singapore reaching the milestone by October while others taking years if no changes are made. We do anticipate that vaccination progress will be made in all locations which will, […]