Tag: COVID-19

BEIJING: China's ultra-strict COVID-19 curbs are taking a toll on businesses and jobseekers as Beijing stresses again and again the need to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus, to ...

BEIJING: China will persist with its COVID-19 policies to avoid losing control over local coronavirus outbreaks, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party warned in a commentary for the ...

DEMAND SOARING In Japan, tourists will find a country that is still adhering to many of the health guidelines that helped it to keep pandemic deaths to around 45,500, lower ...

One hashtag about Beijing "pop-up windows" started on Oct 5 and generated over 12 million views by Tuesday. At least one similar hashtag was censored. "I'm a pregnant woman that ...

Father and son are due to be released on Thursday, while Lee's wife won't be released until Sunday. "It might be that we say, we miss home and we miss ...

BEIJING: China called for "patience" with its COVID-19 policies and warned against any "war-weariness" as local cases soared to their highest since August, days ahead of a pivotal Communist Party congress. ...

ATTRACTIONS, AIRLINES LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING TOURISTS Abe employs about 50 people and resorted to layoffs after the pandemic struck in 2020. Some Akihabara shops have closed down since then, ...

TOKYO: As Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation, hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops ...

Such a move was also reported in other campuses as part of the country’s strict zero-COVID policy, which it has maintained since the pandemic began more than two-and-a-half years ago.  ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia has approved its first locally developed COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the head of the country's public health agency said on Friday (Sep 30), hailing it as a step ...