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Coronavirus: Southeast Asian countries choose to reopen, balancing virus with economy

Published Sep 13 2021 at 3:45 AM GMT
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  • Even as they struggle with one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks, nations across Southeast Asia are slowly realising that they can no longer afford the economy-crippling restrictions needed to squash it.
  • On the factory floors of Vietnam and Malaysia, in the barbershops of Manila or office towers of Singapore, regulators are pushing forward with plans to reopen, seeking to balance containing the virus with keeping people and money moving.
  • That is leading to a range of experiments including….




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  • Published Sep 13, 2021 3:45 AM GMT