November 6, Covid-19 Update

A few big changes this week. Hong Kong has changed requirements for quarantine of all arrivals except those from mainland China, mandating a hotel booking for the quarantine period prior to boarding a flight.  Japan has added Jordan and Myanmar to the list of banned countries and removed several regional countries including Australia, Brunei, China, […]

October 30, Covid-19 Update from Asia

More Extensions of Existing Measures. Several countries continued or extended already-existing measures as a defense from cases either within our outside their borders. In some locations, further restrictions were strengthened such as in Metro-Manila and other regions of the Philippines, Myanmar and Malaysia.  Traditional face-to-face destination services continue to be the norm, however in-person service […]

August 28, Covid-19 Update from Asia

No major openings or closing of borders this week. South Korea faced some newer restrictions.  Taiwan removed the country from the low-risk list and now requires arrivals to quarantine for 14 days.  Singapore is also implementing the serving of Stay Home Notice at government facilities for those who were in Korea over the past 14 […]