Laos Remains Vulnerable Despite Mostly Avoiding COVID-19 Carnage, Officials Say
Health officials in Laos say the government has implemented effective measures to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, but that authorities must ensure they continue to be upheld because the impoverished nation with limited medical resources remains at risk.
The small landlocked country of 7 million people has registered 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases since March 24 with no related fatalities — a number has remained the same for nine consecutive days, the Lao National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said Wednesday.
Laos is effectively controlling and preventing the spread of the contagious pathogen, said a Lao worker at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) office in the capital Vientiane on Wednesday.
