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Ongoing coverage of COVID–19 in Asia is brought to you by Diplomat Risk Intelligence, The Diplomat’s consulting and analysis division.
July 14, 2020
Thais Seek to Fix Errors That Allowed Infected Foreigners in
By Associated Press
Two foreigners -- a member of an Egyptian military delegation and the child of a Sudanese diplomat -- infected with COVID-19 have prompted a revision of Thailand’s rules.
July 14, 2020
COVID-19 Tests Communitarian Values
By Amitai Etzioni
The world's most communitarian countries are handling the pandemic well. The most individualistic countries are doing the worst.
July 14, 2020
Kazakhstan’s COVID-19 Crisis Spinning on
By Catherine Putz
Kazakhstan has extended its second lockdown through the end of July and media have begun to compile lists of the dead.
July 11, 2020
China Missteps With Wild Allegation of a ‘New’ Deadly Pneumonia in Kazakhstan
By Tristan Kenderdine
Fortunately for the world, there is no new plague coming out of Kazakhstan.
July 10, 2020
Globalization and Trade in a Post-Pandemic World: India’s Atma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan
By Parth Patel, Paresha Sinha and Suraksha Gupta
India is on a mission toward self-reliance.
July 10, 2020
Mongolia’s Virtual Naadam
By Antonio Graceffo
Mongolia shifts its centuries-old festival online due to coronavirus.
July 10, 2020
Misinformation and Conspiracies Spread While Kazakhstan Reimposes Lockdown
By Anastassiya Fershtey
Kazakhstan, while also seeing a rapid rise on COVID-19 cases, has been hit with a storm of conspiracy theories.
July 09, 2020
As WHO Team Arrives, Notable Pneumonia Deaths Reported in Turkmenistan
By Catherine Putz
An adviser to the Turkmen president and a Turkish diplomat have reportedly died from pneumonia this week.
July 09, 2020
Uzbekistan Announces Second COVID-19 Lockdown
By Catherine Putz
Uzbekistan is following Kazakhstan back into a second COVID-19 lockdown.
July 09, 2020
Philippines Virus Cases Soar Past 50,000 as Lockdown Eases
By Associated Press
Finding the balance between public health and reviving the economy has been fraught with dilemmas.
July 08, 2020
Who’s Helping Cambodia Weather COVID-19?
By Kimkong Heng and Len Ang
In explaining Cambodia’s relative COVID-19 success, it is vital to acknowledge the foreign aid and local donations that have poured in.
July 08, 2020
Pakistan’s Great Digital Divide
By Shah Meer Baloch
A new reliance on virtual life in the COVID-19 era has laid bare the lack of internet access for much of the country.
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