VIENTIANE, Aug. 4 (Xinhua): The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Laos said on Tuesday announced it has been monitoring 3,004 people across Laos.
Some 3,004 people have been quarantined at 52 accommodation centers across the country, the Laos Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The Laos government continues to implement preventive measures and carefully monitor people entering Laos.
People entering Laos will be sent to quarantine centers for 14 days to prevent the spread of the virus.
On Monday, a total of 1,884 people entering Laos though international border checkpoint. Of these, 1,047 people crossed the border with Thailand.
A total of 18 people entered Laos from China, while 613 people from Vietnam, and six from Cambodia.
A total of 200 people entered Laos via Wattay international airport, according to the report.
The temperature of each person entering Laos was checked and no one showed signs of fever.
As of Tuesday, Laos has tested 28,547 suspected cases with 20 cases tested positive, and 19 patients have recovered.
The last patient has been treated in the designated hospital, Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150) in Laos capital Vientiane.
Laos announced its first two Covid-19 confirmed cases on March 24.
Meanwhile, the Laos Ministry of Health reported 69 more cases of dengue fever on Tuesday (Aug 4), bringing the total number of infections to 4,325.
Deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Laos capital Vientiane on Tuesday that 4,325 people has been diagnosed with dengue fever and nine deaths were recorded since January.
The highest number of dengue patients were reported in the Laos capital Vientiane with 979, while 522 cases were recorded in Bolikhamxay province, and 449 in Vientiane province.
The nine deaths included four in Lao capital Vientiane, two in Bolikhamxay province, and one each in Khammuan, Xayaboury and Xieng Khuang provinces.
Lao health authorities urged people to clear potential mosquito breeding sites around homes and workplaces to help control the spread of dengue fever. - Xinhua
Some 3,004 people have been quarantined at 52 accommodation centers across the country, the Laos Ministry of Health said in a statement.
The Laos government continues to implement preventive measures and carefully monitor people entering Laos.
People entering Laos will be sent to quarantine centers for 14 days to prevent the spread of the virus.
On Monday, a total of 1,884 people entering Laos though international border checkpoint. Of these, 1,047 people crossed the border with Thailand.
A total of 18 people entered Laos from China, while 613 people from Vietnam, and six from Cambodia.
A total of 200 people entered Laos via Wattay international airport, according to the report.
The temperature of each person entering Laos was checked and no one showed signs of fever.
As of Tuesday, Laos has tested 28,547 suspected cases with 20 cases tested positive, and 19 patients have recovered.
The last patient has been treated in the designated hospital, Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150) in Laos capital Vientiane.
Laos announced its first two Covid-19 confirmed cases on March 24.
Meanwhile, the Laos Ministry of Health reported 69 more cases of dengue fever on Tuesday (Aug 4), bringing the total number of infections to 4,325.
Deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Laos capital Vientiane on Tuesday that 4,325 people has been diagnosed with dengue fever and nine deaths were recorded since January.
The highest number of dengue patients were reported in the Laos capital Vientiane with 979, while 522 cases were recorded in Bolikhamxay province, and 449 in Vientiane province.
The nine deaths included four in Lao capital Vientiane, two in Bolikhamxay province, and one each in Khammuan, Xayaboury and Xieng Khuang provinces.
Lao health authorities urged people to clear potential mosquito breeding sites around homes and workplaces to help control the spread of dengue fever. - Xinhua
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