Laos confirms first three Covid-19 cases of Delta variant

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Lao Ministry of Health on Wednesday (June 30) confirmed the first three cases of Delta variant of Covid-19.

Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday that 20 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded over the past 24 hours, including 16 imported cases and four local transmissions.