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Thailand: Push to end tourist quarantine as shots rolled out

Thailand is eyeing plans for vaccine passports and quarantine waivers as the global Covid-19 inoculation drive gathers pace. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this week ordered officials to look into vaccine certificates for international travel after signaling the country is open to scrapping the two-week quarantine for inoculated visitors. The local tourism industry wants mandatory quarantines to […]

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Malaysia: No cut in OPR seen

PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara is unlikely to cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) at its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting today amid cautious optimism that an economic recovery is already taking hold in Malaysia, according to most economists. The majority of them expect the central bank to keep the OPR – which is the rate […]

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Asia’s Economic Recovery Put at Risk by Slow Pace of Shots

Asian nations led the world in crushing Covid-19 in 2020. Now some are being hamstrung by border closures and other rules they imposed to stay safe, potentially putting them behind the U.S. and other countries in leading the global economic recovery. Countries such as China, Thailand and Australia virtually halted the coronavirus within their borders […]

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