Laotians thank China for aid to help fight Covid-19


Passengers pass in front of a temperature screening camera at the arrivals area of Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on March 11, 2020. The total number of the confirmed Covid-19 cases in Laos stood at 10 as of April 2. - AFP

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Lao people have widely praised the team of Chinese medical experts who arrived in Laos over the weekend along with medical materials to help the country fight the Covid-19 outbreak.

Soukkhaphone Sisamoud, an official from the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Xinhua that Laos and China have pledged to further deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries, and China has done well to help the Lao people fight the Covid-19 pandemic by sending medical specialists and medical equipment to Laos.

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