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Singapore Closes Casino, Indonesia Tightens Rules: Virus Update Bloomberg 34 mins ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Singapore shut its Marina Bay Sands casino for two weeks after detecting a Covid cluster, adding to outbreaks linked to karaoke nightclubs and a fishery port that prompted renewed social restrictions. Popular Searches Indonesia imposed restrictions of varying levels across the country following a record daily toll of 1,383 deaths, with Java and Bali now under rul...

HSBC Holdings Plc will allow all Hong Kong employees to work from the bank’s offices starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial center is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.

HSBC Holdings Plc will allow all Hong Kong employees to work from the bank’s offices starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial center is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.

Australia Builds Hub; Japan Sends Taiwan Shots: Virus Update Bloomberg 50 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- Australia has agreed to build a quarantine facility in Victoria state for returning Australians to take pressure off hotels during the pandemic that has seen more than 20 breaches of the virus into local community. Japan is planning later this month to send some of its Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan, which has been struggling to procure its own supplies and blamed China for impeding shipments. Panyu...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and HSBC Holdings Plc will allow all Hong Kong employees to work from their offices starting on Monday, in a further sign that the Asian financial center is getting back to full business after containing a fourth wave of infections.

The U.K. approved Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in 12- to 15-year-olds as a number of countries move to inoculate children in a bid to end the pandemic. Russia said it aims to to supply 800 million people outside the country with its Sputnik V jab this year.

Germany’s health minister has said demand for Covid-19 vaccines will continue to outstrip supply for several more weeks as the country closes in on giving half the population their first shot. Singapore has found seven new infections in the local community, two of which were untraceable.

Covid-19 infections are rising across much of the U.K., piling pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he weighs whether to delay plans to unlock the economy later this month. Russia said it aims to to supply 800 million people outside the country with its Sputnik V vaccine this year.

President Joe Biden said he ordered the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble” its effort to determine the origin of the coronavirus, including whether it possibly came from a Chinese lab accident. Melbourne will lock down as a cluster of cases continues to grow.