Insights
June 18, Covid-19 Update from Asia
The ups and downs continue this week with increased restrictions in Beijing and Chennai while low cases elsewhere has led to some easing. Thailand has lifted its national curfew, permitting non-essential businesses and schools to reopen. In Malaysia, foreign knowledge workers holding key posts with existing immigration status may return to the country. A process […]
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June 5, Covid-19 Update from Asia
There has been slow, but promising movement towards the “new normal” this week. Border closures have started to ease, but only slightly and with a large degree of qualifications. Thailand is now permitting the return of foreign residents who hold work permits and can prove health status. Singapore has begun processing employment passes again, but […]
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May 29, Covid-19 Update from Asia
This week has felt like a transition away from the “normal” of the past few weeks as if we are on the precipice of a next phase. There have been fewer dramatic changes recently, although progress continues. The announcement that travelers would soon be permitted to transit through Hong Kong and Singapore’s Changi airports hopefully was […]