Japan officials find officials did not spend 200 billion on Covid-19 countermeasures
Most of the funds have been carried over to the next financial year
Hong Kong detects potentially faster spreading Delta plus variant in incoming passenger
The case involved a 62-year-old man who flew from United Kingdom to Hong Kong
World’s biggest supplier of nurses set to face shortage as several flee
Many Filipino nurses are leaving and seeking employment overseas to earn 10 times more than their earnings in their home country
Hong Kong and China working towards resumption of quarantine-free travel
Both sides are working on a resumption of quarantine-free travel, following an improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong
Taiwan welcomes migrant workers fully vaccinated with WHO-approved vaccines
Due to a labor shortage in Taiwan, the central government has decided to allow the re-entry of migrant workers who have been fully vaccinated with 2 vaccine doses.
Health ministry approves fear-free vaccination of visa overstayers
The health ministry has told prefectures that if they vaccinate foreign nationals whom they find have been staying in Japan illegally, they do not need to report the fact to…
Vaccinated travel lanes give Singapore Mice sector a boost
The scheme, which allows quarantine-free travel between Singapore and several countries, is a significant step for the industry here, which relies heavily on foreign attendees and…
Indonesia cuts quarantine period for foreign visitors to three days
International travellers, who meet the requirements, earlier needed to spend five days
Close to 2,500 people visit Thailand on first day of reopening
Under Thailand's plan, visitors from 63 countries do not need to serve quarantine
China calls on US to stop politicizing Covid’s origin
US intelligence agencies said in a declassified report on Friday that a natural origin and a lab leak are both plausible hypotheses for how SARS-CoV-2 first infected humans