May 7, 2021 Weekly Covid Update

More Restrictions and Longer Quarantines Cases are rising in several locations including Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan, however at lower rates than those of India who set a record 385,840 new cases yesterday. The situation in India continues to reflect in countries banning foreign and even citizen arrivals from the area.  The impact is not […]

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.  […]

January 29, Weekly Covid Update from Asia

Vaccinations Begin in Asia China and India have already delivered several million doses of vaccine.  Indonesia and Singapore have been inoculating their citizens for the past few weeks, while Myanmar began vaccinating healthcare workers this week.  It is a logistically difficult task and, like much of the rest of the world, progress is slow to […]