Laos tests over 40,000 people for Covid-19 since January


VIENTIANE, Sept. 4 (Xinhua): A total of 40,356 people in Laos have received Covid-19 (coronavirus) tests since January, according to a report from the Lao Ministry of Health.

Laos has conducted 40,356 tests for Covid-19 since January, with 22 of them positive and 21 patients have recovered, Phonepaserd Sayamoungkhoun, deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, told a press conference on Friday.

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