Indonesia govt confident in Omicron response, urges discipline
Health authorities reported 75 new cases of the Omicron variant on Saturday, bringing the total tally of Omicron cases to 414.
Metro Manila in a ‘severe outbreak’ of Covid-19 cases:
Metro Manila currently has 95,714 active cases of COVID-19, based on the tracker of the Department of Health.
Only severe, critical COVID-19 patients will be admitted in Manila hospitals
Those who are asymptomatic or experiencing very mild symptoms will be asked to isolate themselves in their homes if they have available space.
In a first, India allows import of pork products from US
In 2020, the United States was the world's third-largest pork producer and the world's second-largest exporter.
US changes travel advisory for Singapore to ‘high’ level of Covid-19 from ‘unknown’
The update for Singapore came less than a week after the CDC declared that the level of Covid-19 in Singapore was unknown.
Hong Kong bars, restaurants face more pain with return of Covid-19 curbs
Hong Kong is one of the world's last holdouts sticking to a goal of stopping local transmissions and deploying strict quarantine measures.
Virus-hit party: Hong Kong suspends govt officials, launches probe
The party was thrown for Witman Hung Wai-man, a representative for Hong Kong at the Shenzhen Qianhai Authority.
Japan authorities move away from hospitalizing all omicron patients
The move is aimed at avoiding a shortage of hospital beds, but there are concerns that the highly contagious variant could spread.
Malaysia ranks sixth in global Covid-19 recovery index
A total of 2,888 new cases were recorded, bringing the country’s cumulative cases to 2,786,219 since the pandemic began.
Malaysia cannot afford to implement another Covid-19 lockdown
The Health Minister said the government's strategy to contain the pandemic was to implement mitigation strategies.