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'Above and beyond': Turkey's central bank sharply hikes key policy rate to 19%

Daily Sabah
18 Mar 2021
  Turkey

[Taipei,China] says Singapore next in line for potential Covid-19 travel bubble

The Straits Times
18 Mar 2021
  Taipei,China;   Singapore

Singapore could soon make freeze-dried Covid-19 PCR test kit

The Straits Times
18 Mar 2021
  Singapore

$940 million in wage credits to more than 98,000 employers by 31 March 2021

Singapore Ministry of Finance
18 Mar 2021
  Southeast Asia

Australia to send coronavirus vaccines to PNG amid outbreak

Solomon Times
18 Mar 2021
  Australia;   Papua New Guinea

Economy still needs “lots of monetary support” - RBNZ

NZ Adviser
18 Mar 2021
  New Zealand

Green investments, revenue mobilization, big data key to Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 economic recovery

ADB
17 Mar 2021
  Southeast Asia

More than 25 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

GOV.UK
17 Mar 2021
  United Kingdom

Austria considers another hard lockdown as infection rates reach ‘highest level in 2021’

The Local Austria
17 Mar 2021
  Austria

PH suspends entry of foreigners, ROFs amid Covid-19 spike

Philippine News Agency
17 Mar 2021
  Philippines

PH eyes local vaccine production with Serum Institute of India

Philippine News Agency
17 Mar 2021
  Philippines

France set to announce new Covid-19 measures, lockdown possible for Paris region

France 24
17 Mar 2021
  France

State aid: Commission approves €350 million Finnish support to Finavia in the context of the coronavirus outbreak

European Commission
17 Mar 2021
  Finland

Japan to lift Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area

The Straits Times
17 Mar 2021
  Japan

Philippines to bar entry of foreigners, some nationals as Covid-19 cases climb

The Straits Times
17 Mar 2021
  Philippines

Moderna announces start of Covid-19 vaccine trials for children in the US and Canada

The Straits Times
16 Mar 2021
  United States;   Canada

Temporary suspension of vaccination with COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine

Luxembourg Ministry of Health
16 Mar 2021
  Luxembourg

New coronavirus variant discovered in France

Khaleej Times
16 Mar 2021
  France

Malaysia in consultation with India to get Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, says minister

The Straits Times
16 Mar 2021
  Malaysia

New $2,000 payout for those who need hospitalisation after Covid-19 vaccine shot

The Straits Times
16 Mar 2021
  Singapore