Bloomberg The UK will no longer require vaccinated travellers to take a Covid-19 test before boarding a flight to the country, after airlines hard-hit by the Omicron variant lobbied for the rules to be eased. A lateral-flow test must still be taken within two days of entering England, but the requirement for a more-costly PCR assessment will be eliminated, …

  Bloomberg Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol said omicron is the biggest threat to the economy’s recovery, sounding a cautious note ahead of a policy meeting later this month. The threat posed by the virus variant comes on top of other external risks including rising global inflationary pressure, policy normalisation by major economies and a possible economic slowdown …

  Bloomberg Bitcoin will continue to take market share from gold as part of broader adoption of digital assets, making the often touted price prediction of a $100,000 by advocates a possibility, according to Goldman Sachs Group. Goldman estimates that Bitcoin’s float-adjusted market capitalisation is just under $700 billion. That accounts for 20% share of the “store of value” market …