Laos taskforce orders tougher action to curb escalating Covid-19 outbreak

A restaurant clerk rests at a Chinese restaurant in Vientiane. Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic Thursday, April 22, 2021, after identifying a Covid-19 cluster connected to its bigger neighbor Thailand. - Kyodo News via AP

VIENTIANE, April 30 (Vientiane Times/ANN): The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has told its provincial bodies to intensify action to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, which is spreading rapidly.

Vientiane and all 17 provinces across the country have now imposed lockdowns.