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Laos well prepares for coping with COVID-19 pandemic

The Lao government has announced that the country basically completed the preparation of resources to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in the context that the number of infections is increasing in the Southeast Asian nation.
Laos well prepares for coping with COVID-19 pandemic ảnh 1Taking samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in Vientiane (Photo: VNA)
Vientiane(VNA) – The Lao government has announced that the country  basicallycompleted the preparation of resources to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic inthe context that the number ofinfections is increasing in the Southeast Asian nation.

With nearly 500 new infections reported in the country since April 20, the Laogovernment has asked its health sector to urgently check and list medicalsupplies and medicines, and financial sources to serve the pandemic prevention work.

The sector was also requested to prepare quarantine and treatment facilities,and focus on tracing and taking samples for testing for those who contactedwith COVID-19 patients.

According to the Lao Ministry of Health, hospitals serving COVID-19treatment in Vientiane are ready to receive patients.

The Lao government also asked forsmooth flows of imported goods and inter-provincial transport  in order to ensure the supply of essentialproducts for people.

All 18 provinces and cities of Laos now are under lockdown.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos has reported that there were 13Vietnamese people  in Laos infecting withCOVID-19, with five of them arebeing treated at a hospital in Vientiane.

Itsaid that since April 20,nearly 2,000 Vietnamese people in Laos have applied for support to return to Vietnam, and that the embassy has worked hard to provide maximum assistanceto them./. 
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