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COVID-19: Sindh government revises earlier notification, closes schools for indefinite period

Gulf News
22 Aug 2021
  Pakistan

Pakistan donates medical equipment to Sri Lanka to assist Covid response

Colombo Page
21 Aug 2021
  Pakistan

South Korea extends social distancing, allows fully vaccinated some leeway

CNBC
19 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

6.88m vaccine jabs administered

news.gov.hk
19 Aug 2021
  East Asia;   Hong Kong, China

Govt tightens travel rules

news.gov.hk
18 Aug 2021
  Hong Kong, China

Pandemic devastates mental state of public health workers: survey

The Korea Times
18 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

Toughest Level 4 distancing rules take effect on Jeju Island

The Korea Herald
18 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

Critical cases rise among unvaccinated young people

The Korea Herald
18 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

Seoul education chief hints at allowing more in-person classes

The Korea Herald
18 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

Social distancing maintained

news.gov.hk
17 Aug 2021
  Hong Kong, China

China aims to balance COVID-19 control, economic growth

Xinhuanet
15 Aug 2021
  People's Republic of China

70 percent of people to be fully vaccinated by October: Moon

The Korea Times
15 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

Testing requirement to be tightened

News.gov.hk
14 Aug 2021
  Hong Kong, China

Pakistan on way to vaccinate ‘80m people till Dec’

The Express Tribune
14 Aug 2021
  Pakistan

Pakistan lifts travel restrictions from 11 countries, including India

Business Standard
14 Aug 2021
  Pakistan

WHO delivers equipment for testing COVID-19 to Turkmenistan

Trend News Agency
14 Aug 2021
  Turkmenistan

US shipment of Janssen's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in S. Korea on Sunday: embassy

The Korea Herald
14 Aug 2021
  Republic of Korea

COVAX delivers first tranche of 6 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan

Reliefweb
13 Aug 2021
  Pakistan

ADB Data Show the Extent of COVID-19 Trade Disruption in Developing Asia

Asian Development Bank
13 Aug 2021
  Azerbaijan;   Kazakhstan;   Maldives;   Turkmenistan;   Vanuatu

ADB Data Show the Impact of COVID-19 on Government Finance in Developing Asia

Asian Development Bank
13 Aug 2021
  Brunei Darussalam;   Maldives;   Sri Lanka