(KPL) The government has expanded the target group for Covid-19 vaccination to include people working in transport, tourism and banking industries, wholesalers and resellers, shop assistants, teachers, and public utility workers, according to the Hygiene and Health Promotion Department, Ministry of Health.

Previously Covid-19 vaccination was mainly focused on three risk groups including health workers, those working at quarantine centers and border checkpoints.

Of the Covid-19 vaccines used around the world, only SinoFarm, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines have been vaccinated over the past weeks in the Lao PDR.

Across the country, over 122,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with over 6,000 people given the second doses, according to Head of the Hygiene and Health Promotion Department Phonepaseuth Ounaphom.

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