Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Laos’ COVID-19 daily cases exceed 1,000 for 1st time since January

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VIENTIANE – Laos registered 1,508 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 1,000 mark for the first time since Jan. 19, bringing the national tally to 150,639. Latsamy Vongkhamsao, deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, told a press conference in the Lao … Read more

Laos confirms 1st community case of Omicron variant

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VIENTIANE – Laos has confirmed a total of 27 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, including the first local transmission and 26 imported cases, since the beginning of 2022, the National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Wednesday. Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, deputy director-general of the Department of Communicable Diseases Control under the … Read more