UN contributes to Laos' Covid-19 vaccination programme


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The government has received 132,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus in Laos.

The arrival of the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax Facility in Vientiane on Saturday (March 20) marked an important step forward in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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