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Singapore/Sydney | A fourth wave of infections in Japan just ten weeks before it is due to hold the Olympics has put the spotlight on Asiaâs management of the pandemic.
What worked last year in keeping infections at bay is not working now and while the United States and Europe are opening up, much of Asia is locking down. Economists havenât given up on the Asian-led recovery yet but say vaccination rates need to increase.
More needed: A medical worker attends a training session to learn how to give coronavirus vaccine Seoul. Â
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âWithout vaccines, and with new variants coming in, thereâs a greater risk of us going in and out of restrictions. That will hit business and consumer confidence and have a longer term impact as well,â said Oxford Economicsâ lead Asia economist Sian Fenner in Singapore.
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At a nondescript hotel conference room in Manila in November 2017, senior diplomats from Australia, the US, Japan and India gathered to talk shop.
While the East Asia Summit had been dominated by US President Donald Trump skipping out on the event, the officials were meeting quietly to revive the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.