No new COVID-19 case reported in Laos for 30 days

APD NEWS

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The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported no new case of COVID-19 in Laos for 30 consecutive days, with the total number in the country unchanged at 19.

Director General of the Communicable Disease Control Department under Lao Ministry of Health, Rattanaxay Phetsavanh told a press conference on Tuesday, the total number of confirmed cases remained at 19, as no new case was confirmed.

The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Tuesday announced it had been monitoring 1,847 people at 60 accommodation centers across the country.

On Monday, the number of truck drivers bringing freight into Laos from Thailand was 978 people, from Vietnam 765 people and 10 people from China.

As of Tuesday, Laos tested 3,874 suspected cases with 19 cases tested positive, and 13 patients have recovered.

Another six infected cases are treated in designated hospital -- Mittaphab Hospital (Hospital 150) in Lao capital Vientiane.

Laos announced its first two COVID-19 confirmed cases on March 24.