VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Laos National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 (coronavirus) Prevention and Control on Tuesday (June 16) announced it has been monitoring 3,449 people across the country.
Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Ministry of Health Latsamy Vongkhamsao told a press conference here that 3,449 people have been quarantined at 94 accommodation centres across the country.
The Laos government continues to implement preventive measures and monitor people entering Laos to prevent the spread of Covid-19, even as the country recorded no new confirmed cases for 64 consecutive days, according to the Centreof Information and Education for Health under the Ministry of Health.
On Sunday, a total of 1,284 people entered Laos through international border checkpoints.
The temperature of each person entering Laos was checked and no one showed signs of fever.
As of Monday, Laos has tested 11,000 suspected cases with 19 cases tested positive, and all of them have been discharged from hospitals.
Laos announced its first two Covid-19 confirmed cases on March 24, and the last patient was discharged on June 9.
China is also ready to strengthen cooperation with laos in fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.
In a verbal message sent to Bounnhang Vorachith, general secretary of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and president of Laos, Xi said he believes that with joint efforts of China and laos as well as the international community, a final victory will surely be achieved in the battle against the pandemic. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Ministry of Health Latsamy Vongkhamsao told a press conference here that 3,449 people have been quarantined at 94 accommodation centres across the country.
The Laos government continues to implement preventive measures and monitor people entering Laos to prevent the spread of Covid-19, even as the country recorded no new confirmed cases for 64 consecutive days, according to the Centreof Information and Education for Health under the Ministry of Health.
On Sunday, a total of 1,284 people entered Laos through international border checkpoints.
The temperature of each person entering Laos was checked and no one showed signs of fever.
As of Monday, Laos has tested 11,000 suspected cases with 19 cases tested positive, and all of them have been discharged from hospitals.
Laos announced its first two Covid-19 confirmed cases on March 24, and the last patient was discharged on June 9.
China is also ready to strengthen cooperation with laos in fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.
In a verbal message sent to Bounnhang Vorachith, general secretary of the Laos People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and president of Laos, Xi said he believes that with joint efforts of China and laos as well as the international community, a final victory will surely be achieved in the battle against the pandemic. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
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