(KPL) Some 434 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded nationwide over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 21,080 including 4,508 active cases and 16 deaths. The new cases were detected among 5,965 people tested for Covid-19 nationwide.

(KPL) “We have four kids, we are happy now and we do not want any more children. So, I decided to undergo a vasectomy. I believe that family planning is a couple’s matter. Therefore, my wife and I discuss and decide together who to use contraceptives,” said Mr. Xay (pseudonym) from Luang Prabang City, Luang Prabang Province.

(KPL) Governments in Asia and the Pacific must transform agriculture to make it more modern, climate-proof, and inclusive as the region recovers from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

(KPL) Laos has received 30,000 doses of Sputnik Light vaccine, a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, as a gift from the Government of the Russian Federation. The handover took place at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane on Sep 22.

(KPL) Some 694 new Covid-19 cases, including 666 local infections and 28 imported cases, have been recorded nationwide with Vientiane documenting record high 563 local infections over the past 24 hours.

(KPL) Some 222 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded nationwide over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 19,952 including 4,778 active cases and 16 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

(KPL) Vientiane authority has ordered all enterprises, department stores, supermarkets, minimarts, night markets, clothes shops, building material shops, shops selling household goods, cosmetic shops, electronic shops, phone shops, and wholesale and retail shops to close between Sep 20 and 30 to rein in locally transmitted cases of Covid-19.

(KPL) Some 331 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded nationwide over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 19,730 including 4,596 active cases and 16 deaths. Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Dr Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh told a press conference today that the number of imported cases is decreasing, but local infections continue to rise in many provinces.

This National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) Annual Dissemination Meeting, organised with the support of the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, was aimed at sharing the latest findings on nutrition with researchers and members of the academia in the country

(KPL) Health Ministry has urged those who have close contact with risk groups to quarantine themselves and rush to get tested for Covid-19. The number of locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 in the Lao PDR is increasing with most of them linked to in a garment factory in Nongtha Nuea, Chanthabouly district, Vientiane.