Vietnam assists Laos to fight Covid-19 with medical supplies

Coronavirus infected patients wearing protective masks as they appear to the media saying thanks to health workers (in white clothes) after they has been tested negative three times at a hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in Hanoi on Saturday (April 4). - Reuters

VIENTIANE: Medical materials from Vietnam arrived in Lao capital Vientiane by a chartered plane on Saturday morning (April 4) to assist Laos to fight against the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

The supplies including 333,000 standard face mask, 1,000 of protective clothing sets, and some medical equipment, which is worth over US$300,000, Laos News Agency (KPL) reported on Saturday.