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Many Asian countries are facing a spike in Covid-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant and expectations that numbers will continue to rise in coming weeks. The Lunar New Year, which is China's biggest holiday, was celebrated across Asia on Feb. 1 even as pandemic restrictions in many countries kept crowds and family outings to a minimum. Read: China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam border Hong Kong's authorities are confronting record cases that are straining its so-called “zero-Covid” policy. The city has reported more than 300...
