All travellers required to take a Covid test on arrival in Laos


A computerised system checks the temperature of arrivals at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Health authorities say that everyone entering Laos at Wattay International Airport must take a Covid test, meaning they must have a PCR test within 24 hours of departure for Laos as well as an RDT (Rapid Diagnostic Test) on arrival in Vientiane.

These measures are the same as those imposed in most other Asean countries.

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