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Laos to reopen to foreign visitors in three phases

Lao government has announced a plan to reopen to foreign visitors starting from January 1, 2022, according to a notice issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Lao government has announced aplan to reopen to foreign visitors starting from January 1, 2022, according toa notice issued by the Prime Minister's Office.

According to the notice, the reopening of Laos will go inthree phases, with the first starting from January 1, 2022, the second fromApril 1, 2022, and the third from June 1, 2022.

The government has also approved the Lao Travel Green ZonePlan that would allow fully-vaccinated foreign tourists to visit provinces andcities designated as "green zones" once the country reopens.

On December 17, Laos reported additional 1,702 COVID-19cases and four COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The country has to date documented 96,256 COVID-19 cases, including 262 deaths.

Singapore detected eight new COVID-19 cases testedpositive with Omicron variant, including a community infection, in the lastthree days. The island country now has 24 Omicron cases in total, mostly linkedto Changi International Airport.

The daily number of coronavirus cases in Singapore has beenon a decline. The country confirmed new 355 cases and one death on December 16,taking the national count to 274,972 and fatalities to 808./.
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