Asian nations face new infection waves as Covid-19 variants wreck attempts to stem virus


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SINGAPORE - After a period of success in containing Covid-19 infections, some countries in Asia are once again beating back an emergenceof the coronavirus that has infected over 130 million people worldwide and killed nearly 3 million. While mass vaccination drives have started for most countries worldwide, Asian nations like India and the Philippines have found themselves back in lockdown and imposing even stricter measures, as they face an increasing number of new infections daily. Last week, India, which is grappling with its second wave of infections, saw record increases of new cases, with more than 100,000 daily on at...