Delta variant

After living mostly COVID-free throughout the pandemic, New Zealand has hit its worst point since April 2020. 

Last year's successful containment efforts are proving less effective against the Delta variant of COVID-19.

Brunei breaks its 15-month coronavirus-free streak, while Timor-Leste reports the arrival of the contagious Delta variant.

China’s “zero tolerance” policy against the virus may not be workable in the face of the highly contagious Delta strain.

Macau’s famous casinos will remain open – for now – but further lockdowns bode ill for the tourist-reliant city.

The highly contagious Delta variant is testing China’s zero-tolerance policy for COVID outbreaks.

How did Taiwan suppress this wave, even as Australia, Vietnam, and Singapore are struggling with an uptick of the virus?

After weathering the first year of the pandemic without a major outbreak, Fiji is now reporting 250 cases a day.

As the country battles hard to stop an ongoing surge of infections in the border districts, structural difficulties and public indifference about the pandemic are fueling the fire.