Coronavirus
Shenzhen emerges from lockdown as China wavers on 'zero COVID'
Tech hub reopens despite lingering coronavirus cases
Coronavirus
Coronavirus
Hong Kong to ease restrictions in marked shift from zero-COVID
City says it will lift flight bans, cut quarantine period as frustration grows
Coronavirus
Shanghai Disney shut amid record daily local COVID infections
City has shut schools and launched widespread testing program
Coronavirus
Foxconn 'basically' resumes normal operations in China's Shenzhen
Move comes after COVID-19 outbreaks disrupted work at most important campuses
Datawatch
U.S. return to work lags Japan, EU in wake of COVID
Labor crunch could stifle economic rebound, stoke inflation
Coronavirus
China reports first COVID deaths in more than a year
Two victims were ages 87 and 65 and from northeastern province of Jilin
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'Deltacron' variant: 5 things to know as experts downplay danger
Early signs suggest scarily nicknamed COVID hybrid unlikely to pose unique risk
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Asia fights another COVID-19 flare-up, led by South Korea
Omicron subvariant seen driving global rise in cases, but death rate down
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Shanghai grapples with China's new COVID wave in echoes of 2020
Disneyland, shopping centers and cinemas feel pinch from restrictions
Coronavirus
Thailand plans watered-down Songkran celebrations for April
Government aims to class COVID as 'endemic' by July, nightclubs kept shut for now
Business trends
Philippines' back-to-office order unsettles call centers
Work-from-home program for over a million outsourcing workers set to end
Coronavirus
Japan decides to lift all COVID emergency curbs on Monday
Opposition party says cases could rebound as new business and school year begins
Coronavirus
South Korea's daily COVID cases hit record of over 600,000
Government looks to end curbs despite surge in infections, deaths
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Cambodia drops COVID test requirements for overseas visitors
Prime minister wants to open economy and learn 'to live with COVID'
Coronavirus
South Korea becomes world's COVID hot spot as infections surge
Seoul to ease curbs despite new daily cases topping 400,000
Myanmar Crisis
Peninsula Hotels takes $87m write-off on halted Yangon project
Hong Kong-based luxury chain to revive development at 'suitable time'
COVID vaccines
India starts COVID jabs for kids ages 12-14 with own vaccine
Country widens inoculations as schools reopen; daily cases dip below 5,000
Economy
Digital, trade infrastructure key to Southeast Asia recovery: ADB
As pandemic-hit economy faces risks of inequality, bank urges strong protections
Coronavirus
New COVID-19 'deltacron' variant confirmed in Brazil
Mixed variant has traits of delta and omicron, but details still scarce
Coronavirus
New Zealand to reopen borders earlier than planned
Ardern says reopening 'will spur our economic recovery'