Luang Namtha Province has received 150,400 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from the Chinese government and medical equipment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The aid package will be used in implementing anti-Covid-19 measures in the northern province.At …
Almost three-quarters of drivers in Vientiane routinely break speed limits and nearly a third of evening motorists have been drinking alcohol, new research on the country’s growing road crash problem shows.Motorcycle helmet use is limited, while risk-…
Today, a donation of more than 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in the Lao PDR through the COVAX Facility – a partnership co-lead by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance an…
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially announced an additional 2.4 million USD grant to UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) to further support the Lao PDR’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination r…
Laos has confirmed 929 new Covid-19 cases and seven fatalities over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 72,447 including 11,378 active cases and 166 deaths, the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported today.Th…
Laos has logged 999 new cases, detected among 4,793 people tested for Covid-19, and one new death attributed to the deadly virus over the past 24 hours, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.Of the new
Over 6 million people across the country have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with over 3 million given second jab and over 3.6 million given first dose as of Nov 19, shows data of the Centre of Information and Education
The Ministry of Health and UNICEF, on the occasion of World Children’s Day (WCD), launched the first song in the Lao PDR that promotes the importance of vaccination and highlights messages around COVID-19 safety practices.The song, titled “Vaccinate La…
