Laos allows people to enter, exit country as restriction measures eased

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Students, Lao citizens, experts and diplomats are now permitted to enter and exit Laos with travel documents authorised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to officials.

People were required to continue strictly following the government guidelines to ensure effective control of Covid-19 and prevent the spread of the virus, even though no new case has been reported in the country for 44 days, Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Rattanaxay Phetsavanh, told a press conference on Tuesday (May 26).