Many Asian countries are facing a spike in Covid-19 infections after the widely celebrated Lunar New Year holidays. The spike comes as health officials grapple with the highly transmissible Omicron variant and expectations that numbers will continue to rise in the coming weeks. The Lunar New Year, which is China's biggest holiday, was celebrated across Asia on February 1 even as pandemic restrictions in many countries kept crowds and family outings to a minimum. Hong Kong's authorities are confronting record cases that are straining its so-called "zero-Covid" policy. On Monday, it reported a new high of 614 local infections. "We…
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