Thailand returns illegal entrant, a Laotian woman, believed to be Covid-19 super spreader


VIENTIANE, May 1 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Thai authorities have returned a woman believed to be one of three central figures in the super spreader event that led to the country’s second wave, to Laos.

Lao authorities received Phavady Viphakone at the Friendship Bridge after her recovery from Covid-19 was had been completed at a hospital in Nong Khai, Thailand, according to Lao Post.

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