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2021-12-21 10:01:00 #ST #Asia
India vacation operator downplays Omicron concern, eyes domestic growth

December 21, 2021 2:31 PM

CHENNAI (BLOOMBERG) - Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India, an operator of subscription vacations, downplayed prospects the Omicron coronavirus variant will cause major disruption to India's tourism industry or the firm's expansion plans as it eyes a bumper end to the year.
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2021-12-21 01:00:09 #ST #Asia
Thailand sees first local case of Omicron, may reinstate quarantine for visitors

December 21, 2021 5:00 AM

BANGKOK • Thailand is considering reinstating mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors due to concerns over the spread of Omicron, as the health ministry reported the country's first case of local transmission of the coronavirus variant yesterday.
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2021-12-20 14:00:46 #ST #Asia
Japan enacts record extra budget to boost coronavirus-hit economy

December 20, 2021 6:43 PM

Upper House lawmakers approved the 35.98 trillion yen (S$433 billion) supplementary budget for the current fiscal year.
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2021-12-20 01:00:01 #ST #Asia
Australia undaunted as virus cases mount

December 20, 2021 5:00 AM

MELBOURNE • Australian officials yesterday said there was no need to clamp down on Christmas festivities even as its largest state of New South Wales reported a record 2,566 coronavirus cases.
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2021-12-18 09:35:45 #CNA #LatestNews
Thai prison set on fire during riot over coronavirus cluster

December 18, 2021 at 02:18PM


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2021-12-18 09:00:34 #ST #Asia
Thai prison set on fire during riot over Covid-19 cluster

December 18, 2021 1:08 PM

Prisoners had demanded inmates with the coronavirus be removed.
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2021-12-16 19:01:10 #ST #Asia
Japan reports first domestically acquired Omicron infection

December 16, 2021 11:15 PM

TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japan said on Thursday (Dec 16) a staff member at a facility housing people found positive with coronavirus after arriving in the country had tested positive for Omicron, in the first case of a domestically-acquired infection of the variant.
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2021-12-15 05:35:29 #CNA #LatestNews
Cambodia detects first case of Omicron coronavirus variant

December 15, 2021 at 09:59AM


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2021-12-15 05:00:19 #ST #Asia
Cambodia detects first case of Omicron coronavirus variant

December 15, 2021 9:20 AM

The 23-year old woman, who's 15 weeks pregnant, had returned from Ghana via Dubai and Bangkok.
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2021-12-15 01:35:03 #CNA #LatestNews
Commentary: Travellers and tourism providers frustrated after countries ‘overreacted’ to Omicron

December 15, 2021 at 06:20AM

In just three weeks since the new coronavirus variant was first reported, the damage has been done to the travel industry and the tourist experience, writes business and travel journalist Raini Hamdi.
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