There is no need to completely close schools where Covid-19 cases are found, because most already have effective control measures in place to halt the spread of any infection, a senior Health Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Demand for chicken is soaring as more diners opt for the meat, amid a severe shortage of pork that has seen prices double.

HONG KONG: China has reopened a busy checkpoint on its border with Vietnam after a three-week closure over Covid-19 concerns, which had left thousands of trucks stranded and drawn criticism from Hanoi.

Four policemen have been transferred to inactive posts after a young driver was arrested and handcuffed for alleged possession of ketamine - in reality a sachet of camphor his mother put there to deodorise the car.

BEIJING: China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in several cities, testing the country's strict "zero-Covid" strategy just weeks before Beijing hosts the Winter Olympics.

There were 19 more Covid-19 fatalities and 7,681 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning.

The Tourism and Sports Ministry promotion plan for 2022 will be themed "Amazing Thailand New Chapter", introducing new selling points from January and collecting a 300-baht entry fee from foreign tourists from April, government spokesman Thanakorn Bo...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will define a host of new national security crimes, the city's leader said Wednesday, as she presided over the first session of a new "patriots only" legislature scrubbed of political opposition.

PARIS: More than 80 fact-checking organisations Wednesday urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to help debunk false statements.

Thailand's leading business group said on Wednesday it saw only a limited impact on the country's economy from the latest coronavirus outbreak driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.