Laos to closely monitor inbound visitors for Covid-19


Vice Chairman of the National Task Force Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Associate Prof. Dr Bounkong Syhavong - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Lao government urged authorities countrywide to strictly monitor people entering the country to prevent a second wave of Covid-19.

The temperature of each person entering Laos must be checked and people entering Laos must be sent to quarantine centres for 14 days, according to a statement from Lao Ministry of Health.

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