Three Months of Open Borders | China

On January 8, Zero-Covid policies that had kept the borders shut for three years ended.  What’s happened since then and what can we expect? No economy that took a conservative approach to the pandemic and implemented border closures, quarantine requirements and strict local precautions was unscathed by the experience.  China stands out slightly due to […]

Situation Update | Japan

The opening of Japan’s borders has resulted in many ways we anticipated, and a few we did not. Our Q1 Asia Situation Report indicated the direction Japan was headed and the confirmation of our estimates has arrived, a bit earlier than anticipated.     Situation Summary Japan has opened its borders to permit up to […]

August 21, Covid-19 Update from Asia

Community transmission, clusters of cases, sporadic cases and no cases. In the Philippines and Indonesia (where in-person services are suspended except for emergencies), the World Health Organization (WHO) gives the transmission classification of “Community Transmission” which is the same classification as the United States and the United Kingdom. Cases reported in the past 24 hours […]