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Covid-19

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Japan to allow mass tourism, but only in tour groups

Move ends two-year pandemic closure

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Shanghai to gradually reopen schools in June as lockdown eases

Students will undergo on-campus swabbing after classes daily, says official     

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Parents scramble to vaccinate kids before PICKids ends on May 31

However, only 15.5% of children nationwide have received shots

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MAH sees spirited election as hotel industry struggles with recovery

11 candidates vie for six posts on organisation’s board

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Brunei to end early endemic phase on May 31, ease Covid-19 rules in June

Beginning next month, country will impose no limit on gatherings at home or in halls

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Singapore civil servant jailed for leaking Covid-19 measures

Then National Library Board deputy director sentenced to four weeks in prison

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China offers bonds, tax breaks as new medicine for ailing economy

Move aims to stabilise country’s economic state, bring it back on track

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Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for under-fives 80% effective with three doses

Clinical trials found shots evoked strong immune response in children aged six months to four years

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China congratulates Australian PM Albanese in hint at thawing ties

Beijing ready to work with Canberra to ‘review the past, look into the future’, says premier Li Keqiang

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Covid-19-free Pacific nations to ease border restrictions

Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands transition from ‘Covid-19’ free to ‘Covid-19 protected’

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PICKids: over 2.9 mil teens fully vaccinated against Covid-19

93% of teenagers and 31.5% of children received two doses of vaccines

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Shanghai partly resumes public transport in patchy reopening

City gradually emerges from nearly two-month lockdown, as restrictions continue in other areas of country

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Biden offers aid, vaccines to Covid-19-stricken North Korea

We are prepared to do so immediately, but we’ve got no response, says US president