Many people in Vientiane capital come to centres for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Laos on March 3 added 33 new COVID-19 casesin six out of 18 cities and provinces in the past 24 hours, marking athree-fold decrease from a day earlier, reported its Health Ministry.
All 18 Lao cities andprovinces remain in lockdown till May 5. The authorities are discussing whetherthe lockdown should be extended.
The country has so farrecorded 966 infection cases, more than 900 of which were detected found from earlyApril, mostly locally-transmitted. Sixty patients have recovered and there hasbeen not any death related to the disease.
The same day, the KhmerTimes quoted the Cambodian Health Ministry as saying that there were 841 moreinfections, all were locally-transmitted cases, higher than 730 cases recorded onprevious day. Such has brought the national count to 15,361.
Cambodian Prime Minister HunSen said over 1.3 million Cambodians have to date been vaccinated.
Also on May 3, Thailandlogged additional 31 deaths caused by coronavirus, a record since its outbreak.
Its Health Ministry confirmed2,041 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 71,025. Thefatalities stood at 276.
The Southeast Asian nationtargeted that 70 percent of its population will be vaccinated later this year.
In Indonesia, its Government has decided toextend the imposition of micro-scalepublic activity restrictions (PPKM) till May 17, and enforce it in 30out of 34 cities and provinces nationwide./.
