Nearly half of respondents to the British Chamber of Commerce survey said some staff had decided to leave their company or Hong Kong due to strict quarantine restrictions

Passengers and revenue are not even at 40% of 2019 levels, Nok Air chief executive Wutthiphum Jurangkool said

The new Omicron coronavirus variant – identified first in South Africa, but also detected in Europe and Asia – is...

Travellers from 10 African nations, including South Africa, will be prevented from re-entering the country "for the time being" even if they are legal residents.

Indonesia has approved the vaccine but India and the World Health Organization, which co-leads the Covax vaccine-sharing network, have not

New Omicron variant emerges as a fresh worry for policymakers already grappling with the challenge of steering their economies out of the doldrums while trying to tame inflation

Health officials in the city-state are now racing to administer booster shots amid concerns over the Omicron variant

German biotech company is speedily working on an upgraded version of its vaccine, and well over 2 billion doses have already been delivered

The Japanese government plans to set aside 5 trillion yen for reserve funds to continue to fight the Covid-19 pandemic

Hong Kong government said travellers from Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia would not be allowed to enter the global financial hub as of November 30

The Omicron variant is likely to spread globally and threatens to cause infection surges that could have "severe consequences", the WHO said, but the news from South Africa was less troubling

Japan said on Monday it would bar entry to foreigners from midnight on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the Omicron Covid variant. Earlier, Singapore and Malaysia reopened their land border