Economics
Once Largely Covid Free, Asian Economies Are Now Upended by Delta
- Widening restrictions on activity could disrupt supply chains
- Yet Korea, Australia central banks are sticking to their guns
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The delta variant is challenging the part of the world that’s been most successful in blunting the economic impact of Covid-19, with Asian countries that snuffed it out locking down again as the virus returns, and others seeing the world’s highest death rates.