Delta plus variant Covid-19 virus arrives in Laos; two returning workers from neighbouring countries confirmed with infection


VIENTIANE, Aug. 17 (Xinhua): The Ministry of Health of Laos announced on Tuesday that the ministry had detected two cases of the Delta plus variant of Covid-19 in Laos.

Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Lao capital Vientiane on Tuesday that the two cases of Delta plus variant of COVID-19 were detected among returning workers from neighboring countries.

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