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.  […]

Covid Vaccine To Impact Visa in China

Beginning 15, March, visa procedures will be relaxed based upon Covid-19 vaccination. Per the announcement on the Office of the Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the HKSAR  the rules will be relaxed for those who have been inoculated with one of the vaccines produced in China.     Applicants who […]

March 12, Weekly Covid Report from Asia

We have revised the way we count vaccinations in each country. The calculations used in the previous report used data that is not available from all countries.  The “% Population Vaccinated” has been revised to “% Population with At Least 1 Dose” and now uses the total number of vaccines distributed divided by the population […]