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Covid-19

WHO Asks China for More Information About Rise in Illnesses and Pneumonia Clusters

GENEVA (AP) — Chinese officials say they did not detect any “unusual or novel diseases” in the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday, following an official request by the U.N. health agency for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children. WHO...

WHO Downgrades COVID Pandemic, Says It’s No Longer Emergency

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as...

China to Resume Issuing Visas To Foreign Tourists

China will reopen its borders and let foreign travelers visit the country for the...

Digital Learning Gets New Boost in Rural Communities Across Laos

Children and teachers from Xonnabuly district, Savannakhet province, can now benefit from new learning...

Prudential Laos Launches Digital Life Insurance to Narrow Protection Gap

Prudential Life Assurance (Lao) Company Limited (“Prudential Laos”) has launched “PRULife Guard” and “PRULife...

Laos Expected to Extend Covid-19 Lockdown Measures Next Week

Dr. Phonepaseuth Xayamoungkhoun spoke at the daily briefing by the National Taskforce today, stating that Covid-19 lockdown measures are expected to be extended. She said...

Vaccinated Man Confirmed as New Case of Covid-19

Laos has confirmed just one new case of Covid-19 today, involving a 24-year-old man in Vientiane Capital who had received a first dose of...

Laos Confirms Eight New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded eight new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,033. Dr. Phonepaseuth Xayamoungkhoun lead the daily...

Community Spread Continues in Vientiane as Laos Confirms 15 New Cases of Covid-19

Laos has recorded another 15 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,025 Dr. Lattanaxay Phetsouvanh lead the daily briefing by...

Laos to Quarantine Close Contacts of Infected People

To break the chain of Covid-19 infections, the Ministry of Health has said it will quarantine anyone who has had contact with an infected...

China Provides Another 500,000 Doses of Sinopharm Vaccine to Laos

Laos has received another batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccines containing 500,000 doses from the Chinese government. The fifth shipment of China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine arrived...