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Laos enhances COVID-19 prevention measures during New Year festival

The Lao National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control has announced measures to enhance COVID-19 prevention and control during the traditional New Year festival Boun Pi May 2021.
Laos enhances COVID-19 prevention measures during New Year festival ảnh 1In Vientiane, Laos (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao National SteeringCommittee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control has announced measures to enhance COVID-19prevention and control during the traditional New Year festival Boun Pi May 2021. 

The decision was made after Laos recorded the firstcommunity infection in mid-April.

The committee asked the Health Ministry to continue tracingsuspect cases and conduct vaccination as scheduled.

The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism wasrequired to temporarily shut down entertainment areas, karaoke parlours andeateries during the remaining days of April.

According to the committee, all F1 cases having contact withthe patient No.50 tested negative.

Laos has so far discovered 52 positive cases and nodeaths./.
VNA
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