China Shortens Quarantine Requirements

  China has announced a reduction in quarantine time for international travelers arriving into the country. New quarantine requirements: Centralized Facility Quarantine will now be for 7 days Home Health Monitoring will now be 3 days You may see this reported as 7+3 Previously, quarantine at centralized facilities was 14 days and home health monitoring, […]

Asia Ranks High in World’s Most Livable Cities

Several Asian cities were ranked highly for EIC’s World Most Livable Cities list.   Among cities ranking 80 points or higher, the following locations in Asia secured their spots on the list: Japan Osaka Tokyo  Taiwan Taipei Taichung Seoul Singapore Several Chinese cities including Shanghai and Beijing dropped slightly lower this year, but still ranked […]

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 […]