New Covid-19 infections continue to surge in Laos


VIENTIANE, July 27 (Xinhua): The Lao Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported 169 Covid-19 cases and one new death over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 5,154 cases and six deaths.

The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported 169 imported COVID-19 cases and no new locally transmitted cases, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under Lao Ministry of Health, Phonepaserd Sayamoungkhoun, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday.

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