ASEAN – This weekend, most inhabitants in China’s economic capital of Shanghai will be subjected to an unexpected round of Covid-19 testing, only 10 days after a city-wide lockdown was lifted, disturbing citizens and raising fears about the effect on business. Shanghai authorities said on Thursday that owing to the identification of a few cases in the neighborhood, seven of …

Korea – According to reports in the media, North Korea has eased movement restrictions that had been enforced in its capital city of Pyongyang after the government made its first admission of a Covid-19 breakout some weeks ago. The isolated country claims that the virus issue is now under control. Since the declaration of a state of emergency and the …

Philippines – The Palace excused a sound recording cautioning of a lockdown or an inconvenience of military law as phony and encouraged people in general to depend on data from solid sources. In the clasp, a unidentified lady encourages individuals to load up on food and different fundamentals on the off chance that President Rodrigo Duterte pronounces another lockdown or …

Among ASEAN’s ten countries, the Philippines’ labor force fared the worst in 2020, suffering the “highest working-hour losses” due in part to lockdowns enforced in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), although all ASEAN nations experienced substantial reductions in working hours and the Philippines had seen the greatest declines in working hours, totaling 13.6 …

OCTA Research called for “circuit-breaking” lockdowns as it said a flood in COVID-19 contaminations has started in Metro Manila where the exceptionally contagious Delta variation might be playing a factor. The call came as specialists distinguish more instances of the Delta with neighborhood transmission and as President Rodrigo Duterte cautioned Monday a re-visitation of the lockdowns of 2020 is conceivable. …

The Philippine National Police shared that it was prepared to implement exacting isolate runs again should President Rodrigo Duterte choose it fundamental. This comes after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque at a press preparation Monday said that a re-visitation of a stricter isolate status was completely conceivable in the midst of the dangers presented by the more contagious Delta variation. Related …

Malaysian retailers who have been struggling due to the extended lockdown have called for the government to allow them to reopen for business by July. They said that if the lockdown continues in July which currently prohibits their business from opening, they are concerned that more businesses will be forced to close for good and as a result, reviving the …

PETALING JAYA: From Feb 16 to March 1, the Tapah jail and its staff quarters in Perak will be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said this follows a surge in Covid-19 cases recently, with 55 confirmed infections so far. This is the second time that the EMCO has been placed under …

KUALA LUMPUR: On Tuesday (Jan 26), the automotive workshop operated by Mr. Wong Tung Khong in Sungai Besi was quiet, with only a few employees servicing the cars of customers. “This time last year, I wouldn’t even have time to answer your questions because people wanted their cars serviced before going back to their hometowns for Chinese New Year,” Mr …

New Zealand authorities are investigating the possibility that freight may have transported the first Covid-19 cases in more than three months, as the nation plummeted back into lockdown. The detection in Auckland of four infected family members prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to rapidly reimpose tight controls on movement in New Zealand’s largest city and travel restrictions around the country. …