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.  […]

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, […]

January 8, Weekly Covid Update from Asia

Happy New Year. We had hoped that the holiday season would be quiet.  Instead, we were kept busy updating several changes to our blog, which are now also contained in this report. There have been several changes to border and arrival protocols due to the COVID-19 variants recently discovered in the UK and South Africa. […]