3,449 people being isolated over Covid-19 concerns in Laos


The medical face masks donated by China Railway Group Limited at the stockhouse of Laos Health Ministry in Vientiane, capital of Laos. - Xinhua/Asian News Network

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.

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