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China will suspend inbound international flights if five people onboard test positive for coronavirus From CNN's Eric Cheung in Hong Kong A security guard watches over the empty international arrivals channel at Beijing airport on November 6. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images China will suspend inbound international flight routes if five or more people test positive for Covid-19 when they land, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement on Wednesday. Under the new rules, if five or more passengers test positive for Covid-19 after arriving in China on a flight, the airline co...

Singapore says almost half of all migrant workers living in dorms were infected with Covid-19 From CNN's Eric Cheung in Hong Kong A worker uses hand sanitizer at the entrance to the Westlite Mandai worker dormitory in Singapore, in August. Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg/Getty Images Since the pandemic began, 47% of migrant workers living in dormitories across Singapore have been infected with Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Singaporean Ministry of Health on Monday. A total of  152,794 migrant workers residing in dorms have returned positive results in PCR or serology tests for Co...

South Korea reports nearly 900 new Covid-19 cases as government considers tightening restrictions From CNN's Gawon Bae in Seoul and Akanksha Sharma in Hong Kong A medical worker takes samples from a man during a Covid-19 test at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 14. Ahn Young-joon/AP South Korea recorded 880 new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Of the new cases, 32 were imported. The country also recorded 13 additional virus-related deaths. The new figures raise the country's total to 44,364 confirmed ca...

The charge comes after Lai was remanded in police custody pending a fraud charge linked to his Next Digital media empire.

I'll be first to take the vaccine in Israel, PM Netanyahu says From CNN’s Oren Liebermann Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the arrival of over 100,000 of doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday, December 9. Abir Sultan/Pool/AP Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would be the first person to take the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the country as the first shipment of doses arrived onboard a DHL flight at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. “I believe in this vaccine. I expect that it will receive the a...