New Covid-19 case confirmed in Laos' Champassak province


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Another case of Covid-19 has been confirmed after a 25-year-old man tested positive on his return to Champassak province, after entering Laos from Thailand.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Ministry of Health, Dr Phonepaseuth Xayamoungkhoun, said the man arrived in Champassak on April 8.

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