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‘Covid-19 challenges … significantly impacted’ iPhone supplies, the CEO said, after the world’s largest iPhone factory faced protests last year. Source link

Chinese health officials also record sharp decrease in Covid-19 patients at hospitals and fever clinics since illness wave crested in January. Source link

Quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and mainland resumed on January 8 but travellers must present negative PCR results from test taken within 48 hours. Source link

Studies suggest that 10 per cent of infections result in the postviral condition, which has no known cure. But neither Singapore nor Malaysia track how many people have it. Source link

China has not put Nepal on a priority list of nations with which to resume travel, and ‘there might be a lot of cancellations’. Source link

Chinese University professor and government pandemic adviser David Hui says masks should still be worn on public transport, as well as in hospitals and care homes. Source link

‘We have seen an increase in visitors … certain Chinese customers, who have not been buying from us for a long time, have resumed’, a Hong Kong gold trader said. Source link

Hong Kong, meanwhile, has made the wearing of masks mandatory – both indoors and outdoors – since July 2020, with police officers issuing HK$5,000 (US$639) on-the-spot fines to people who fail to comply. City officials said this week that they would stick with the mask mandate during winter. Though they …

Singapore expects tourist numbers to double from last year to reach 12-14 million visitors in 2023, helped by China’s decision to drop Covid travel restrictions. Source link

The city of Ruili is slowly creaking back to life as China ditches its zero-tolerance Covid strategy after years of strict lockdowns and other gruelling restrictions. Source link