About 13 million people were ordered to stay home in the city of Xi'an, where a strict lockdown and travel controls were imposed on Wednesday to fight a growing Covid-19 outbreak

Thailand's cautious reopening has been hit by the Omicron variant, with its quarantine-free Thailand Pass entry programme suspended temporarily

China is set for an economic upswing despite the effects of a policy-induced downturn and continued isolation due to the pandemic, Morgan Stanley researchers say

Hong Kong carrier planned to fly no more than 12% of its pre-pandemic passenger schedule because it could not find enough crew members

Zero or negative interest rates incentivise risky investing and many are putting money into higher-risk asset classes for the first time in pursuit of returns

China has reported just one Covid-19 fatality this year, retaining a tough line even as many other countries ease restrictions

The government said it will also temporarily reduce the VTL quotas and ticket sales for travel after January 20

Foreign visitors who had earlier registered for the Test and Go scheme can still enter the country but have to take an additional polymerase chain reaction test

Omicron infections are multiplying rapidly across Europe, the US and Asia, including in Japan where a single cluster at a military base has grown to at least 180 cases

In some cases, companies are paying up to five times what they paid a few months ago when the workers could fly in via quarantine-free vaccinated travel lanes

Asian stocks and oil prices sank Monday on fears about the surge of Omicron coronavirus cases after the future of US President Joe Biden's massive social spending bill was thrown into doubt

The confirmation brings the total number of Omicron infections recorded in the city to 14 – all imported