The Bank of Japan said on Friday it would begin a tapering of its corporate debt purchases and scale back some of its emergency funding.

The delay comes just weeks after the giant company asked employees to begin returning by February

Both Southeast Asian central banks signalled uncertainty around the future of the new Omicron variant

From Arizona to Amsterdam, airlines are eyeing efficient jets for the second half of the decade, aiming to get ahead of the long waiting lists they fear could derail growth

Some families with just one provider might be ineligible for the handout despite earning less than dual-income households

Australia has inoculated nearly 90% of its population above 16 with two Covid vaccine doses and shortened the wait time for booster shots

The study tested antibody levels of 25 recipients of CoronaVac vaccine and found none had sufficient antibodies to neutralise the new strain

Kunming-based company to expand its pneumonia vaccine production capacity with an investment of 695 million yuan ($109m)

Outbreak in three Zhejiang cities - Ningbo, Shaoxing and Hangzhou - was developing at a "relatively rapid" speed, National Health Commission officials said

Zhejiang reported a total of 173 locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms during the December 6-12 period, official numbers showed

More avian flu cases have been seen in the Asia-Pacific region, but also in Africa and Europe during the past year

The 24-year-old woman, who works in a service role, 'may have interacted with transit passengers from Omicron-affected countries', the health ministry said